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Taurine Effects on Ionic Currents in Myocardial Cells

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Taurine

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 315))

Abstract

Taurine has been reported to produce (a) a positive inotropic effect in heart muscle (Baskin & Finney, 1979; Dietrich & Diacono, 1971; Sawamura et al., 1983), (b) beneficial effects in treatment of congestive heart failure (Azuma et al., 1984), and (c) protective effects against calcium overload (Takihara et al., 1985, 1986) and cardiomyopathy (McBroom & Welty, 1977; Azari et al., 1980).

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  1. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA

    Nicholas Sperelakis

  2. Department of Biophysics, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

    Ghassan Bkaily

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  1. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA

    John B. Lombardini

  2. University of South Alabama School of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama, USA

    Stephen W. Schaffer

  3. Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

    Junichi Azuma

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Sperelakis, N., Satoh, H., Bkaily, G. (1992). Taurine Effects on Ionic Currents in Myocardial Cells. In: Lombardini, J.B., Schaffer, S.W., Azuma, J. (eds) Taurine. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 315. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3436-5_15

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