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Taurine and the Brain.

Simon S Oja¹, Pirjo Saransaari²

¹Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland. simosoja1@gmail.com.

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Taurine plays vital roles in brain development, cell volume regulation, and synaptic function. This review explores recent research on taurine

Keywords:

Brain Development Receptors Taurine as drug Trophic actions Volume regulation

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Biochemistry
Cell Biology

Background:

Taurine is an amino sulfonic acid crucial for brain function.
Previous reviews extensively covered early taurine research.
This article focuses on recent findings regarding taurine's role in the brain.

Purpose of the Study:

To summarize the trophic actions of taurine in the developing brain.
To describe taurine's contribution to brain cell volume regulation.
To discuss taurine's interaction with synaptic amino acid receptors and its therapeutic potential in brain pathologies.

Main Methods:

Literature review focusing on recent publications (last few years).
Selection of key articles from a large PubMed search (taurine and brain).
Synthesis of information on taurine's neurotrophic, cell volume regulatory, and synaptic functions.

Main Results:

Taurine exhibits significant trophic actions during brain development.
Taurine is essential for maintaining brain cell volume homeostasis.
Taurine modulates synaptic amino acid receptor activity.

Conclusions:

Taurine is a critical molecule in brain development and function.
Its roles in cell volume regulation and synaptic modulation are significant.
Taurine holds potential as a therapeutic agent for various brain disorders.