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Chapter title |
Significance of Taurine in the Brain
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Chapter number | 8 |
Book title |
Taurine 10
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Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/978-94-024-1079-2_8 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-9-40-241077-8, 978-9-40-241079-2
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Authors |
Simo S. Oja, Pirjo Saransaari |
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. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 35 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 35 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 7 | 20% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 14% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 6% |
Unspecified | 2 | 6% |
Other | 5 | 14% |
Unknown | 11 | 31% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Neuroscience | 8 | 23% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 11% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 11% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 9% |
Unspecified | 2 | 6% |
Other | 2 | 6% |
Unknown | 12 | 34% |