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The Effects of Taurine on Excitable Tissues

Proceedings of the 21st Annual A. N. Richards Symposium of the Physiological Society of Philadelphia, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, April 23–24, 1979

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1981

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Editors:
  1. S. W. Schaffer

    1. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, USA

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  2. Steven I. Baskin

    1. Department of Pharmacology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

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  3. James J. Kocsis

    1. Department of Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, USA

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Part of the book series: Monographs of the Physiological Society of Philadelphia (MPSP, volume 7)

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Table of contents (29 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Metabolism and Function of Taurine Analogues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-3
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    2. Cysteine Dioxygenase and Its Possible Role on Taurine Formation in Rats

      • Kenji Yamaguchi
      Pages 5-20

    3. Uptake and Metabolism of Cysteine in Rat Brain

      • Heitaroh Iwata, Akemichi Baba, Satoru Yamagami
      Pages 21-29

    4. Biological Effects of Gamma-Г Glutamyl Taurine (Glutaurine): A New Parathyroid Hormone

      • László Feuer
      Pages 31-39

    5. Inhibition of Taurocyamine (Guanidinotaurine)-induced Seizures by Taurine

      • Akitane Mori, Yasuto Katayama, Isao Yokoi, Michiko Matsumoto
      Pages 41-48

    6. Properties of Hypotaurine Uptake in Mouse Brain Slices

      • P. Kontro, S. S. Oja
      Pages 49-57

    7. Cephalopod Nerve as a Model System for the Study of the Metabolism of Taurine and Related Sulfur Compounds

      • Francis C. G. Hoskin
      Pages 59-66

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 67-67
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  4. Actions of Taurine in the Central Nervous System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-72
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    2. Effect of Kainic Acid Lesions on Taurine Transport into Rat Brain Synaptosomes

      • Henry I. Yamamura, Robert C. Speth, Robert E. Hruska, Nereo Bresolin, Brad A. Meiners, Ryan J. Huxtable
      Pages 73-80

    3. High Affinity Taurine Uptake in Human Blood Platelets

      • Cheryl Nauss-Karol, Christina VanderWende
      Pages 81-91

    4. Uptake and Stimulated Release of Taurine by Preparations of Cerebral Cortex

      • G. H. T. Wheler, H. F. Bradford, A. N. Davison, E. J. Thompson
      Pages 93-106

    5. Function and Regulation of Taurine in the Pineal Gland

      • G. H. T. Wheler, D. C. Klein
      Pages 107-121

    6. Enrichment of Taurine in Synaptosomes and Synaptic Vesicles of Bovine Brain Regions

      • S. S. Oja, K.-M. Marnela, P. Kontro
      Pages 123-133

    7. Subcellular Distribution of Intracerebrally Injected Taurine and Certain Other Amino Acids in Mouse Brain

      • Elsa Kumpulainen, Anneli Karppinen, Kirsi-Marja Marnela, P. Lähdesmäki
      Pages 135-143

    8. Taurine in the Retina

      • M. J. Voaden, A. C. I. Oraedu, J. Marshall, N. Lake
      Pages 145-160

    9. The Effect of Taurine on 45Calcium Transport by Retinal Subcellular Fractions

      • H. Pasantes-Morales, R. M. Ademe, A. M. López-Colomé
      Pages 161-175

    10. Taurine in Retinas of Taurine-deficient Cats and RCS Rats

      • Susan Y. Schmidt
      Pages 177-185

    11. Axonal Transport of Taurine

      • John A. Sturman
      Pages 187-207
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About this book

It has become an annual custom for the Physiological Society of Philadel­ phia to sponsor a spring symposium in honor of A. N. Richards (\876-1966), a research pharmacologist who developed the classical micropuncture tech­ nique for studying kidney function. The A. N. Richards Symposium for 1979 was held on April 23-24 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The theme of this symposium was "The Actions of Taurine on Excitable Tissues." Although taurine was discovered as a constituent of bile salts in 1857 by a chemist and an anatomist (Gmelin and Tiedemann), interest today centers chiefly on the extrahepatic actions of taurine, especially in brain, heart, and other excitable tissues. Research on taurine is clearly in a period of exponential growth. We can be sure that the research reports presented and described herein as the "Proceedings of the Symposium" will provide impetus for further growth. Thus the report describing macromolecular receptors for taurine in myocardial sarcolemma may provide a model for exploring the molecular mechanisms that underlie the action(s) of taurine. Stabilization of mem­ branes and modulation of ion fluxes are two fundamental actions of taurine dealt with in many of these reports. It is just these actions of taurine that have been reported by several investigators as being involved in human myotonia, diabetes, and heart failure.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, USA

    S. W. Schaffer

  • Department of Pharmacology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

    Steven I. Baskin

  • Department of Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, USA

    James J. Kocsis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Effects of Taurine on Excitable Tissues

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 21st Annual A. N. Richards Symposium of the Physiological Society of Philadelphia, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, April 23–24, 1979

  • Editors: S. W. Schaffer, Steven I. Baskin, James J. Kocsis

  • Series Title: Monographs of the Physiological Society of Philadelphia

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8093-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Spectrum Publications, Inc. 1981

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-85200-562-0Due: 31 July 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-8095-2Published: 21 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-8093-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 408

  • Topics: Neurosciences

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