Brain histamine levels and neocortical slow-wave activity in rats with portacaval anastomosis

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 340-346

  Lozeva, Violina ^a,c   Valjakka, Antti ^a   Anttila, Eeva ^a   MacDonald, Ewen ^a   Hippeläinen, Mikko ^b   Tuomisto, Leena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; BIOGENIC AMINE; HISTAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SLOW BRAIN WAVE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTAMINE; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; LIVER; MALE; METHYLHISTAMINES; ORGAN SIZE; PORTACAVAL SHUNT, SURGICAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SLEEP;

EID: 0033058099     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290204     Document Type: Article

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