Ammonia toxicity to the brain and creatine

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 52-57

  Bachmann, Claude ^a   Braissant, Olivier ^a   Villard, Anne Marie ^a   Boulat, Olivier ^a   Henry, Hugues ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Arginine; Axons; Brain development; Creatine; Glutathione; MAP kinase; Nitrous oxide; Urea cycle

Indexed keywords

ACIVICIN; AMMONIA; ARGININE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; N [6 [2 (5 BROMO 2 PYRIMIDINYLOXY)ETHOXY] 5 (4 METHYLPHENYL) 4 PYRIMIDINYL] 4 (2 HYDROXY 1,1 DIMETHYLETHYL)BENZENESULFONAMIDE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN TOXICITY; CELL CULTURE; GLIA; HYPERAMMONEMIA; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRYPTOPHAN BRAIN LEVEL; UREA CYCLE;

LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 1642506322     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2003.10.014     Document Type: Article

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