Effect of phenobarbital on bilirubin metabolism in rat brain

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 106-111

  Hansen, Thor Willy Ruud ^a,b   Tommarello, Steve ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bilirubin metabolism; Brain; Drug treatment; Kernicterus; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; LIVER ENZYME; PHENOBARBITAL; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN METABOLISM; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLIA; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KERNICTERUS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BILIRUBIN; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; GABA MODULATORS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOBARBITAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031984336     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000013966     Document Type: Article

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