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Original Article

Taurine Increases Rat Survival and Reduces Striatal Damage Caused by 3-Nitropropionic Acid

Selva Rivas-arancibia Dept. of Neurosurgery and The Neuroscience Program, College of Medicine; Dept. de Fisiologia Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, DF, 04510Correspondence[email protected]
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Alba I. Rodríguez Dept. of Neurosurgery and The Neuroscience Program, College of Medicine; Dept. of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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Tanja Zigova Dept. of Neurosurgery and The Neuroscience Program, College of Medicine
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Alison E. Willing Dept. of Neurosurgery and The Neuroscience Program, College of Medicine
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Wendy D. Brown Dept. of Neurosurgery and The Neuroscience Program, College of Medicine; Dept. of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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David w. Cahill Dept. of Neurosurgery and The Neuroscience Program, College of Medicine
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Paul R. Sanberg Dept. of Neurosurgery and The Neuroscience Program, College of Medicine
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Pages 55-67 | Received 10 Aug 2000, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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