Blood-brain barrier permeability to ammonia in liver failure: A critical reappraisal

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 185-198

  Ott, Peter ^a   Larsen, Fin Stolze ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Blood brain barrier; Cerebral edema

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CATION; GLYCOPROTEIN; INDOMETACIN; MANNITOL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM ION; TRACER;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN METABOLISM; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CAPILLARY WALL; CELL ISOLATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COOLING; DIFFUSION; DRUG MECHANISM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HENLE LOOP; HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOTHESIS; ION TRANSPORT; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; LIVER FAILURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RHESUS MONKEY; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 0242331238     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-0186(03)00153-0     Document Type: Review

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