title: The brain, the heart and taurine.
abstract: This paper reviews some recent developments concerning the "non-essential" amino acid Taurine. It is shown that taurine is important in metabolic regulations within the heart, muscle and brain. Particular attention is paid to the neuropharmacology of taurine, such as its possible role in epilepsy.
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D012160:Retina / Q000378:metabolism; D012640:Seizures / Q000188:drug therapy; D013654:Taurine / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D013654:Taurine