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Significance of Taurine in the Brain

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Taurine 10

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 975))

Abstract

Two main functions of taurine in the brain are here discussed: the role of taurine in cell volume regulation and the neuromodulatory actions of taurine liberated by depolarization. Taurine takes part in cell volume regulation with other small-molecular compounds. Extracellular taurine inhibits neuronal firing through GABA and glycine receptors. However, the existence of specific taurine receptors is still not excluded.

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  1. Tampere University Medical School, Tampere, Finland

    Simo S. Oja & Pirjo Saransaari

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  1. Department of Life Sciences, University of Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

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  2. College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA

    Stephen W. Schaffer

  3. Department of Developmental Neurobiology, NY State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, New York, USA

    Eunkyue Park

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Oja, S.S., Saransaari, P. (2017). Significance of Taurine in the Brain. In: Lee, DH., Schaffer, S.W., Park, E., Kim, H.W. (eds) Taurine 10. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 975. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1079-2_8

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