Selective increases of extracellular brain concentrations of aromatic and branched-chain amino acids in relation to deterioration of neurological status in acute (Ischemic) liver failure

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 259-269

  Michalak, Adrianna ^a   Butterworth, Roger F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Neuroscience Research Unit   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Aromatic amino acids; Branched chain amino acids; Cerebral microdialysis; Hepatic Encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT;

AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; ANIMALS; BRAIN; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031424892     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022369908162     Document Type: Article

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