15N-NMR spectroscopy studies of ammonia transport and glutamine synthesis in the hyperammonemic rat brain

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 434-443

  Shen, Jun ^a   Sibson, Nicola R ^a   Cline, Gary ^a   Behar, Kevin L ^a   Rothman, Douglas L ^a   Shulman, Robert G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia fixation; Glutamate glutamine cycle; Glutamine synthesis; Hyperammonemia; In vivo 15N NMR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM ACETATE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN 15; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOICHIOMETRY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BRAIN; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ACETATES; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031595306     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017341     Document Type: Conference Paper

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