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The structure of this symposium was based on an attempt to understand an outstanding puzzle of cardiac physiology: the fact that heart cells concentrate acids like taurine to very high concentrations. This fact raises two main questions. First, what is the functional significance of such a high concentration and, second, what transport mechanisms are involved? The second question generates the related one: are the transport mechanisms electrogenic and do they therefore contribute to background currents in cardiac cells?
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Noble, D. (1993). Concluding Remarks. In: Noble, D., Earm, Y.E. (eds) Ionic Channels and Effect of Taurine on the Heart. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 141. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3074-9_8
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