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From Heart to Hypothesis: A Mechanism for the Calcium Modulatory Actions of Taurine

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The Biology of Taurine

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 217))

Abstract

Taurine is ubiquitous in animals. In mammals, numerous taurine-dependent phenomena have been described (Table 1). The increasing intensity of interest in this simple but recalcitrant compound is indicated by the various symposia on taurine and the monographs published on it within the last 15 years (5,6,17,18,19,20,24,32,38,44).

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Huxtable, R.J. (1987). From Heart to Hypothesis: A Mechanism for the Calcium Modulatory Actions of Taurine. In: Huxtable, R.J., Franconi, F., Giotti, A. (eds) The Biology of Taurine. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 217. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0405-8_39

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