The Biology of Taurine Methods and Mechanisms [Paperback]

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 Extracellular Calcium Mobilization in Rabbit Ear Artery.- Suppression of Bronchial Response to Platelet Activating Factor Following Taurine Administration.- Neural Regulation of Taurine Transport in Skeletal Muscle.-l(