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Taurine, given intracerebroventricularly to the conscious unrestrained rabbit, causes hypothermia and a reduction in skeletal muscle tone. Evidence has been produced that the latter effect is of a central, supraspinal origin.
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Presented in part before the International Society for Neurochemistry-Satellite Symposium on “New first and second mesengers”, Brescia (Italy), August 28–30, 1975
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Sgaragli, G.P., Magnani, M., Carlà, V. et al. Muscle relaxation induced in the rabbit by intracerebroventricular taurine injection. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol. 295, 95–97 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00509779
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