Effect of Portacaval Anastomosis on Electrically Stimulated Release of Glutamate from Rat Hippocampal Slices

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 1481-1484

  Butterworth, Roger F ^a   Le, Oanh ^a   Lavoie, Joel ^a   Szerb, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Astrocy; Glutamate; Glutamate release; Hepatic encephalopathy; Portacaval anastomosis; tosis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SECRETION;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMAL; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GLUTAMATES; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO; MALE; PORTACAVAL SHUNT, SURGICAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025845018     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1991.tb02041.x     Document Type: Article

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