Interactions between taurine and ethanol in the central nervous system

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05/02/2021 12:30 pm

Taurine is one of the most abundant amino acids in the CNS and plays an integral role in physiological processes such as osmoregulation, neuroprotection, and neuromodulation. Both taurine and alcohol exert positive allosteric modulatory effects on neuronal ligand-gated chloride channels (i.e., GABA(A) and glycine receptors) and inhibitory effects on other ligand- and voltage-gated cation channels…

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