Effects of taurine on cerebral blood flow perfusion, cell apoptosis, and infarct volume in acute cerebral ischemic rats

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 583, Issue , 2006, Pages 353-358

  Zhou, Fei ^a   Guo, Jingchun ^a   Yang, Ru ^b   Gu, Jing ^b   Jin, Hongbin ^b   Wu, Gencheng ^b   Cheng, Jieshi ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

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EID: 84934442825     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33504-9_39     Document Type: Conference Paper

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