Neuroactive amino acids and glutamate (NMDA) receptors in frontal cortex of rats with experimental acute liver failure

Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 4 I, 1996, Pages 908-913

  Michalak, Adrianna ^a   Rose, Christopher ^a   Butterworth, Joanne ^a   Butterworth, Roger F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; TRITIUM;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CELL TRANSPORT; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029810139     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v24.pm0008855196     Document Type: Article

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