Effects of ammonia on L-glutamate uptake in cultured astrocytes

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 567-573

  Bender, Alex S ^a,b   Norenberg, Michael D ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; astrocytes; cell swelling; glutamate uptake; glutamine; hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL SWELLING; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER FAILURE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTAMIC ACID; KINETICS; RATS;

EID: 0029877408     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02527755     Document Type: Article

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