Taurine efflux from brain slices: potassium-evoked release is greater from immature than mature brain tissue.
The stimulated release of taurine was severalfold greater from slices of immature than mature brain. The release had a strikingly slow time course at all ages, the slower the younger were the animals. It is concluded that taurine is an important regulatory of neuronal activity in the developing brain.
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D000375:Aging; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013654:Taurine / Q000378:metabolism*; D014316:Tritium
D000596:Amino Acids; D014316:Tritium; D013654:Taurine; D011188:Potassium