Effects of hyperammonemia and liver failure on glutamatergic neurotransmission

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 237-250

  Monfort, Pilar ^a   Muñoz, María Dolores ^a   ElAyadi, Amina ^a   Kosenko, Elena ^a   Felipo, Vicente ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^b Laboratorio de Neurobiologia de Prince Felipe Research Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glutamate receptors; Guanylate cyclase; Hepatic encephalopathy; Hyperammonemia; Nitric oxide; NMDA receptors

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LEARNING; LIVER FAILURE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER FAILURE; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036981248     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021993431443     Document Type: Conference Paper

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