Changes in the extracellular profiles of neuroactive amino acids in the rat striatum at the asymptomatic stage of hepatic failure

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-84

  Hilgier, W ^a   Zielinska M ^a   Borkowska, H D ^a,b   Gadamski, R ^a   Walski, M ^a   Oja, S S ^b,c   Saransaari, P ^b   Albrecht, J ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aspartate; Glutamate; Hepatic failure; Microdialysis; Rat; Striatum; Subclinical hepatic encephalopathy; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; TAURINE; THIOACETAMIDE;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FATTY LIVER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALANINE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CORPUS STRIATUM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; FATTY LIVER; GLIOSIS; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TAURINE; THIOACETAMIDE;

EID: 0344938208     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19990401)56:1<76::AID-JNR10>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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