Change from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism after brain death, and reversal following triiodothyronine therapy

Transplantation

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 32-36

  Novitzky, Dimitri ^a   Cooper, David K C ^a   Morrell, David ^a   Isaacs, Sedick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIOTHYRONINE; PALMITIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BABOON; BRAIN DEATH; DRUG THERAPY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMAL; BRAIN DEATH; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; GLUCOSE; LACTATES; LACTIC ACID; PALMITATES; PALMITIC ACIDS; PAPIO; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PYRUVATES; PYRUVIC ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0023869796     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-198801000-00008     Document Type: Article

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