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Taurine can prevent excitotoxic neuronal cell death in early postnatal mouse cerebellar cultures but appears to enhance excitotoxicity in cat cerebellar cultures. This study provides data that could explain these species-specific differences.
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Trenkner, E., Liu, D., Harris, C., Sturman, J. (1994). Regulation of Protein Kinase C Activity by Taurine and β-Alanine during Excitotoxicity in Cat and Mouse Cerebellar Cultures. In: Huxtable, R.J., Michalk, D. (eds) Taurine in Health and Disease. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 359. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1471-2_31
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