1. Preface

   • J. B. Lombardini
   • S. W. Schaffer

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 1

2. Dedication to honor Dr. John A. Sturman

   • H. Pasantes-Morales
   • A. Schousboe

   Legacy Pages: 3 - 4

3. Changes in mediobasal hypothalamic dopamine and GABA release: A possible mechanism underlying taurine-induced prolactin secretion

   • Pablo Arias
   • H. Jarry
   • J. Moguilevsky

   Full Papers Pages: 5 - 11

4. The effects of theβ2-agonist drug clenbuterol on taurine levels in heart and other tissues in the rat

   • M. H. Doheny
   • C. J. Waterfield
   • John A. Timbrell

   Full Papers Pages: 13 - 25

5. Precursors of taurine in female genital tract: Effects on developmental capacity of bovine embryo producedin vitro

   • Catherine Guyader-Joly
   • P. Guérin
   • Y. Ménézo

   Full Papers Pages: 27 - 42

6. Activation of adenosine A₂ receptors enhances high K⁺-evoked taurine release from rat hippocampus: A microdialysis study

   • Junichi Hada
   • T. Kaku
   • K. Nagai

   Full Papers Pages: 43 - 52

7. Taurine: Protective properties against ethanol-induced hepatic steatosis and lipid peroxidation during chronic ethanol consumption in rats

   • M. D. J. Kerai
   • Catherine J. Waterfield
   • J. A. Timbrell

   Full Papers Pages: 53 - 76

8. Effects of taurine depletion on cell migration and NCAM expression in cultures of dissociated mouse cerebellum and N2A cells

   • T. E. Maar
   • T. M. Lund
   • Arne Schousboe

   Full Papers Pages: 77 - 88

9. Antidiuretic hormone infusion reduces taurine and NaCl-induced hypernatremia in the rats

   • M. J. McBroom
   • A. Qureshi
   • N. Davidson

   Full Papers Pages: 89 - 97

10. Pharmacological characterization of the effects of taurine on calcium uptake in the rat retina

    • J. D. Militante
    • J. B. Lombardini

    Full Papers Pages: 99 - 108

11. Renal excretory responses of taurine-depleted rats to hypotonic and hypertonic saline infusion

    • M. S. Mozaffari
    • B. K. Warren
    • S. W. Schaffer

    Full Papers Pages: 109 - 116

12. Locally infused taurine, GABA and homotaurine alter differently the striatal extracellular concentrations of dopamine and its metabolites in rats

    • M. Ruotsalainen
    • M. Majasaari
    • L. Ahtee

    Full Papers Pages: 117 - 134

13. Shape and size changes induced by taurine depletion in neonatal cardiomyocytes

    • Stephen V. W. Schaffer
    • C. Ballard-Croft
    • T. E. Jenkins

    Full Papers Pages: 135 - 142

14. Expression and localization of cysteine dioxygenase mRNA in the liver, lung, and kidney of the rat

    • M. Shimadal
    • T. Koide
    • M. Watanabe

    Full Papers Pages: 143 - 150

15. Immunohistochemical localization of taurine in various tissues of the mouse

    • Akiko Terauchi
    • A. Nakazaw
    • N. Usuda

    Full Papers Pages: 151 - 160

16. Is there a correlation between taurine levels and xenobioticinduced perturbations in protein synthesis?: A study with tetracycline in rats

    • Catherine Waterfield
    • D. S. Asker
    • J. A. Timbrell

    Full Papers Pages: 161 - 177

17. Effects ofin vivo taurine depletion on induced- chemiluminescence production in macrophages isolated from rat lungs

    • X. Zhang
    • J. B. Lombardini

    Full Papers Pages: 179 - 186