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ALTHOUGH taurine is a major amino acid in muscles and nerves its physiological role is not well understood1. It has been proposed to be a neuro-transmitter and has been shown to be released from electrically stimulated rat cortical slices2 and spinal cord slices3.
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BASKIN, S., DAGIRMANJIAN, R. Possible Involvement of Taurine in the Genesis of Muscular Dystrophy. Nature 245, 464–465 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/245464a0
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