The role of astrocytes in the development of hepatic encephalopathy

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 271-280

  Matsushita, Munetsugu ^a   Yamamoto, Tomoko ^a   Gemba, Hisae ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocyte swelling; Hepatic encephalopathy; Higher brain function; Innate reflex; Rat; Thioacetamide

Indexed keywords

THIOACETAMIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER INJURY; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOLOGY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; REFLEX;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIOACETAMIDE;

EID: 0032819978     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(99)00058-9     Document Type: Article

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