Taurine Interaction with Neurotransmitter Receptors in the CNS: An Update

Elevation of the Extracellular Concentrations of Glutamate and Aspartate in Rat Hippocampus During Transient Cerebral Ischemia Monitored by Intracerebral Microdialysis

1984 • 2,884 citations

Nonsynaptic Glycine Receptor Activation during Early Neocortical Development

1998 • 316 citations

GABA_B‐receptor splice variants GB1a and GB1b in rat brain: developmental regulation, cellular distribution and extrasynaptic localization

1999 • 303 citations

Distinguishing between GABA(A) receptors responsible for tonic and phasic conductances.

2001 • 261 citations

Volume regulation in astrocytes: A role for taurine as an osmoeffector

1988 • 260 citations

Taurine and neural cell damage

2000 • 243 citations

Growth Factors and Taurine Protect against Excitotoxicity by Stabilizing Calcium Homeostasis and Energy Metabolism

1999 • 232 citations

Taurine prevents the neurotoxicity of β‐amyloid and glutamate receptor agonists: activation of GABA receptors and possible implications for Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders

2004 • 229 citations

Agonist action of taurine on glycine receptors in rat supraoptic magnocellular neurones: possible role in osmoregulation

1997 • 214 citations

Inhibition of Ischemia-Induced Glutamate Release in Rat Striatum by Dihydrokinate and an Anion Channel Blocker

1999 • 202 citations

β‐Alanine and taurine as endogenous agonists at glycine receptors in rat hippocampus in vitro

2002 • 200 citations

Release of taurine from astrocytes during potassium‐evoked swelling

1989 • 134 citations

Taurine activates GABAA but not GABAB receptors in rat hippocampal CA1 area

2000 • 128 citations

Endogenous Glutamate Increases Extracellular Concentrations of Dopamine, GABA, and Taurine Through NMDA and AMPA/Kainate Receptors in Striatum of the Freely Moving Rat: A Microdialysis Study

1997 • 120 citations

Osmoregulation of Vasopressin Secretion via Activation of Neurohypophysial Nerve Terminals Glycine Receptors by Glial Taurine

2001 • 112 citations

Taurine increases in the nucleus accumbens microdialysate after acute ethanol administration to naive and chronically alcoholised rats

1996 • 108 citations

Taurine Levels in Discrete Brain Nuclei of Rats

1986 • 103 citations

Pregnenolone Sulfate Modulates Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission by Enhancing GABA_AReceptor Desensitization

2000 • 100 citations

Volume regulation in brain cells: Cellular and molecular mechanisms

1996 • 98 citations

GABA_A Receptor Subtypes: Ligand Binding Heterogeneity Demonstrated by Photoaffinity Labeling and Autoradiography

1993 • 91 citations

Developmental changes in organic osmolytes in prenatal and postnatal rat tissues

2000 • 85 citations

Role of taurine in osmoregulation in brain cells: Mechanisms and functional implications

1997 • 85 citations

Expression and function of glycine receptors in striatal cholinergic interneurons from rat and mouse

2001 • 82 citations

N‐Methylaspartate‐Evoked Liberation of Taurine and Phosphoethanolamine In Vivo: Site of Release

1985 • 78 citations

Taurine immunoreactivity in the rat supraoptic nucleus: Prominent localization in glial cells

1995 • 78 citations

Interactions of taurine with GABAB binding sites in mouse brain

1990 • 74 citations

Excitotoxic mechanism of cell swelling in rat cerebral cortical slices treated acutely with ammonia

2003 • 71 citations

Carnosine and taurine protect rat cerebellar granular cells from free radical damage

1999 • 69 citations

Long‐lasting enhancement of corticostriatal neurotransmission by taurine

2002 • 68 citations

Taurine‐Induced Long‐Lasting Enhancement of Synaptic Transmission in Mice: Role of Transporters

2003 • 68 citations

Characterization of strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors in acutely isolated adult rat basolateral amygdala neurons

2000 • 65 citations

Taurine reduces ammonia- and N-methyl-d-aspartate-induced accumulation of cyclic GMP and hydroxyl radicals in microdialysates of the rat striatum

2003 • 63 citations

Selective neuroinhibitory effects of taurine in slices of rat main olfactory bulb

2004 • 61 citations

Taurine inhibits rat substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons by activation of GABA- and glycine-linked chloride conductance

1997 • 60 citations

Recombinant GABAA receptor desensitization: the role of the gamma 2 subunit and its physiological significance.

1996 • 59 citations

Selective Alterations of Extracellular Brain Amino Acids in Relation to Function in Experimental Portal‐Systemic Encephalopathy: Results of an In Vivo Microdialysis Study

1995 • 58 citations

Taurine Activates Strychnine-Sensitive Glycine Receptors in Neurons Freshly Isolated From Nucleus Accumbens of Young Rats

2004 • 58 citations

Taurine‐Induced Attenuation of MPP⁺ Neurotoxicity In Vitro

2000 • 57 citations

Electrophysiological Evidence for Expression of Glycine Receptors in Freshly Isolated Neurons from Nucleus Accumbens

2002 • 57 citations

Effect of Systemic Administration of N-Methyl-d-Aspartic Acid on Extracellular Taurine Level Measured by Microdialysis in the Hippocampal CA1 Field and Striatum of Rats

1993 • 49 citations

Efflux of osmolyte amino acids during isovolumic regulation in hippocampal slices

2000 • 47 citations

Taurine allosterically inhibits binding of [35S]-t-Butylbicyclophosphorothionate (TBPS) to rat brain synaptic membranes

1995 • 47 citations

Effects of combined lamotrigine and valproate on basal and stimulated extracellular amino acids and monoamines in the hippocampus of freely moving rats

2005 • 45 citations

Effects of ammonia in vitro on endogenous taurine efflux and cell volume in rat cerebrocortical minislices: influence of inhibitors of volume-sensitive amino acid transport

1999 • 44 citations

Extrasynaptic localization of glycine receptors in the rat supraoptic nucleus: Further evidence for their involvement in glia-to-neuron communication

2005 • 43 citations

K⁺-, hypoosmolarity-, and NH₄⁺-induced taurine release from cultured rabbit Müller cells: Role of NA⁺and CL⁻ions and relation to cell volume changes

1994 • 43 citations

Heterogeneous distribution of functionally important amino acids in brain areas of adult and aging humans

1993 • 43 citations

Taurine antagonizes calcium overload induced by glutamate or chemical hypoxia in cultured rat hippocampal neurons

1999 • 41 citations

Role of the betaine/GABA transporter (BGT-1/GAT2) for the control of epilepsy

2004 • 40 citations

Characteristics of basal taurine release in the rat striatum measured by microdialysis

2004 • 40 citations

Taurine-activated chloride currents in the rat sacral dorsal commissural neurons

1998 • 40 citations

Alpha 2 adrenoceptor potentiates glycine receptor-mediated taurine response through protein kinase A in rat substantia nigra neurons

1996 • 40 citations

Taurine Release Evoked by NMDA Receptor Activation is Largely Dependent on Calcium Mobilization from Intracellular Stores

1993 • 39 citations

Ammonia stimulates the release of taurine from cultured astrocytes

1994 • 37 citations

Benzodiazepine‐Sensitive GABA_A Receptors Limit the Activity of the NMDA/NO/Cyclic GMP Pathway

2000 • 36 citations

Co-operativity in sodium-independent taurine binding to brain membranes in the mouse

1987 • 35 citations

Ammonia-induced extracellular accumulation of taurine in the rat striatum in vivo: role of ionotropic glutamate receptors.

2002 • 30 citations

Free amino acids of rat astrocytes in primary culture: Changes during cell maturation

1986 • 29 citations

Taurine prevents ammonia-induced accumulation of cyclic GMP in rat striatum by interaction with GABAA and glycine receptors

2005 • 28 citations

Taurine and the control of basal hormone release from rat neurohypophysis

2003 • 28 citations

Taurine allosterically modulates flunitrazepam binding to synaptic membranes

1992 • 27 citations

Sodium-independent taurine binding to brain synaptic membranes

1983 • 26 citations

Direct inhibitory effect of taurine on relay neurones of the rat olfactory bulb in vitro

1998 • 25 citations

Inhibition of Na+, K+-ATPase activates swelling-induced taurine efflux in a human neuroblastoma cell line

1998 • 23 citations

Effects of taurine on cell morphology and expression of low-affinity GABA receptors in cultured cerebellar granule cells

1989 • 23 citations

Ammonia-induced taurine release from cultured rabbit m�ller cells is an osmoresistant process mediated by intracellular accumulation of cyclic AMP

1996 • 23 citations

Identification and Function of Glycine Receptors in Cultured Cerebellar Granule Cells

1994 • 23 citations

Interaction Between the Glutamine Cycle and the Uptake of Large Neutral Amino Acids in Astrocytes

1993 • 22 citations

Suppression of taurine response in acutely dissociated substantia nigra neurons by intracellular cyclic AMP

1993 • 22 citations

Cerebral taurine release mechanisms in vivo: pharmacological investigations in rats using microdialysis for proof of principle.

2000 • 21 citations

Alpha 1 adrenoceptor activation potentiates taurine response mediated by protein kinase C in substantia nigra neurons

1996 • 19 citations

Long-term treatment with ammonia affects the content and release of taurine in cultured cerebellar astrocytes and granule neurons

1994 • 18 citations

Two modes of stimulation by ammonia of taurine release from cultured rabbit Müller cells

1997 • 18 citations

GABAB receptor stimulation by baclofen and taurine enhances excitatory amino acid induced phosphatidylinositol turnover in neonatal rat cerebellum

1991 • 14 citations

Changes in brain amino acid content induced by hyposmolar stress and energy deprivation

1995 • 12 citations

Extrinsic factors regulate partial agonist efficacy of strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors.

2004 • 11 citations

Expression of functional receptors by the human γ-aminobutyric acid A γ2 subunit

2004 • 11 citations

Fe2+ decreases the taurine-induced Cl− current in acutely dissociated rat hippocampal neurons

2003 • 11 citations

Long-Lasting Enhancement of Corticostriatal Transmission by Taurine: Role of Dopamine and Acetylcholine

2005 • 10 citations