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Taurine deficiency damages retinal neurones: cone photoreceptors and retinal ganglion cells

In 1970s, taurine deficiency was reported to induce photoreceptor degeneration in cats and rats. Recently, we found that taurine deficiency contributes to the retinal toxicity of vigabatrin, an antiepileptic drug. However, in this toxicity, retinal ganglion cells were degenerating in parallel to con...

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Autores principales: Gaucher, David, Arnault, Emilie, Husson, Zoé, Froger, Nicolas, Dubus, Elisabeth, Gondouin, Pauline, Dherbécourt, Diane, Degardin, Julie, Simonutti, Manuel, Fouquet, Stéphane, Benahmed, M. A., Elbayed, K., Namer, Izzie-Jacques, Massin, Pascale, Sahel, José-Alain, Picaud, Serge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Vienna 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3472058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22476345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00726-012-1273-3