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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-9-26
pubmed:abstractText
Intracranial microdialysis was used to measure changes in extracellular amino acids within the rat brain during local osmotic alteration of the extracellular microenvironment or during systemic water intoxication. Increased cellular hydration produced by either of these methods was accompanied by a marked increase in extracellular taurine levels without affecting the other amino acids measured. With local osmotic alteration, this increase was osmolarity dependent and reversible. The specificity, sensitivity, and reversibility of the increase in extracellular taurine strongly suggest a functional role in osmoregulation in the brain under normal as well as pathological conditions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
740-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
A possible role for taurine in osmoregulation within the brain.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, College of Health Sciences and Hospital, Kansas City 66103.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.