Hepatic encephalopathy in acute liver failure: Role of the glutamate system

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 420, Issue , 1997, Pages 35-43

  Michalak, Adrianna ^a   Knecht, Kerstin ^a   Butterworth, Roger F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMMONIA; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; COMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIVER FAILURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUPOR; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0030853740     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5945-0_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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