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Wisest Elder Ever
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taurine...
Is recommended for aging people who may have insulin resistance.
The suggestion to use it with inositol is important too. Inositol supplementation reduces taurine in the body for some reason.
Also taurine shows effect on improving bile flow.
Here is an interesting article:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...7/ai_n14932826
PubMed has over 300+ pages on Taurine now. Here is a very new article:
Thought provoking!
Quote:
Schizophr Res. 2008 Feb;99(1-3):56-70. Epub 2008 Jan 9.Click here to read Links
Maternal infection leads to abnormal gene regulation and brain atrophy in mouse offspring: Implications for genesis of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Fatemi SH, Reutiman TJ, Folsom TD, Huang H, Oishi K, Mori S, Smee DF, Pearce DA, Winter C, Sohr R, Juckel G.
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuroscience Research, University of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware St. SE, MMC 392, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States; Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, 310 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States; Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota Medical School, 310 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States.
Prenatal viral infection has been associated with development of schizophrenia and autism. Our laboratory has previously shown that viral infection causes deleterious effects on brain structure and function in mouse offspring following late first trimester (E9) administration of influenza virus. We hypothesized that late second trimester infection (E18) in mice may lead to a different pattern of brain gene expression and structural defects in the developing offspring. C57BL6J mice were infected on E18 with a sublethal dose of human influenza virus or sham-infected using vehicle solution. Male offsping of the infected mice were collected at P0, P14, P35 and P56, their brains removed and prefrontal cortex, hippocampus and cerebellum dissected and flash frozen. Microarray, qRT-PCR, DTI and MRI scanning, western blotting and neurochemical analysis were performed to detect differences in gene expression and brain atrophy. Expression of several genes associated with schizophrenia or autism including Sema3a, Trfr2 and Vldlr were found to be altered as were protein levels of Foxp2. E18 infection of C57BL6J mice with a sublethal dose of human influenza virus led to significant gene alterations in frontal, hippocampal and cerebellar cortices of developing mouse progeny. Brain imaging revealed significant atrophy in several brain areas and white matter thinning in corpus callosum. Finally, neurochemical analysis revealed significantly altered levels of serotonin (P14, P35), 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid (P14) and taurine (P35). We propose that maternal infection in mouse provides an heuristic animal model for studying the environmental contributions to genesis of schizophrenia and autism, two important examples of neurodevelopmental disorders.
PMID: 18248790 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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The first article I put up here suggests long term high dosing of taurine leads to a shut down of internal regulatory systems the body has for it.
So I would pay attention to that. Doses typically used by NON-body building fanatics or energy drink fanatics typically do not approach 3 grams a day.
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Last edited by mrsD; 02-28-2008 at 08:17 AM.
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