The Biology of Taurine

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Section I: Taurine and Cardiovascular Pharmacology. - Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics of Taurine and Related Compounds. - Section II. Biochemistry, Nutrition and Development. - Introduction: Biochemistry, Nutrition and Development. - The Stabilizing Protein, Protein-A, of Cysteine Dioxygenase. - The Oxidation of Hypotaurine to Taurine: Bis-Aminoethyl-? -Disulfone, A Metabolic Intermediate in Mammalian Tissue. - Renal Taurine Transport-Recent Developments. - Taurine Conjugation of Bile Acids Protects Human Cells in Culture. - Development of Biosynthesizing and Uptake Systems for Taurine in Cerebral Cortical Neurons in Primary Culture: Analysis of Possible Factors Involved in Perinatal Decline of Cerebral Taurine. - Taurine Efflux from Brain Slices: Potassium-Evoked Release is Greater from Immature than Mature Brain Tissue. - Taurine and Photoreceptor Structure: Biochemical and Electrophysiological Studies. - Taurine Availability and Function in Neurogenetic Retinopathies. - Nutritional Taurine Deficiency and Feline Pregnancy and Outcome. - Abnormal Visual Acuity and Retinal Morphology in Rhesus Monkeys Fed a Taurine-Free Diet During the First Three Postnatal Months. - Taurine Concentrations in Human Heart A Retrospective Analysis. - The Development of Heart and Brain Function in Low-Birth-Weight Infants Fed with Taurine-Supplemented Formula. - Section III. Pharmacology of Excitable Tissue. - Potentiation of Myocardial Ischemic Injury by Drug-Induced Taurine Depletion. - Inotropic Activity of Orthanilic and L-Cysteic Acid on Isolated Guinea-Pig Ventricular Strips. - Calcium Overload-Induced Myocardial Damage Caused by Isoproterenol and by Adriamycin: Possible Role of Taurine in its Prevention. - An Analysis of the Effects of Taurine on Cellular and ExtracellularCalcium Mobilization in Rabbit Ear Artery. - Suppression of Bronchial Response to Platelet Activating Factor Following Taurine Administration. - Neural Regulation of Taurine Transport in Skeletal Muscle. - Effect of Taurine on Chloride Conductance and Excitability of Rat Skeletal Muscle Fibers. - Insulin-Like Activity of Taurine. - Taurine Inhibits Wet-Dog Shakes and Hippocampal Seizures Induced by Opioid Peptides in Rats. - Possible Involvement of Brain Calcium Metabolism in the Action of Taurine in Mammalian Thermoregulation. - Section IV: Neurochemistry. - A Taurine Receptor Model: Taurine-Sensitive Olfactory Cells in the Lobster. - Taurine System in the Normal and Ischemic Rat Hippocampus. - Immunocytochemical Demonstration of Taurine. - Uptake, Localization and Release of Taurine in the Rat Basal Ganglia. - Basal Concentration and Evoked Changes of Extracellular Taurine in the Rat Hippocampus in Vivo. - A Model of the Compartmentalization of Taurine in Rat Hypothalamic Neuronal and Glial Cell Particles. - Neurochemical Characterization of Excitatory Amino Acid Receptors in Hippocampus. - The Effect of Taurine on Excitatory Receptor Binding in Rat Hippocampal Membranes. - Taurine Deficiency in the Rat and Cat: Effects on Neurotoxic and Biochemical Actions of Kainate. - Further Observation on the Interaction of Taurine and Calmodulin on the Central Adrenergic Neuron. - Interactions of Taurine and Dopamine in the Striatum. - Effects of Acidic Dipeptides on Aminoacidergic Neurotransmission in the Brain. - Section V: Calcium-Taurine Modulatory Mechanism. - From Heart to Hypothesis: A Mechanism for the Calcium Modulatory Actions of Taurine. - Participants. - Abbreviations.