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The possible role of taurine as a synaptically active substance has recently been investigated; however, its function still remains unclear. Taurine satisfies some of the criteria set for a neurotransmitter (Oja and Lähdesmäki, 1974), but so do a number of other amino acid transmitter candidates. Perhaps only γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) fulfills all the essential criteria.
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Kumpulainen, E., Karppinen, A., Marnela, KM., Lähdesmäki, P. (1981). Subcellular Distribution of Intracerebrally Injected Taurine and Certain Other Amino Acids in Mouse Brain. In: Schaffer, S.W., Baskin, S.I., Kocsis, J.J. (eds) The Effects of Taurine on Excitable Tissues. Monographs of the Physiological Society of Philadelphia, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8093-8_12
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