Selective alterations of brain osmolytes in acute liver failure: Protective effect of mild hypothermia

Brain Research

Volumn 999, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 118-123

  Zwingmann, Claudia ^a,b   Chatauret, Nicolas ^a   Rose, Christopher ^a   Leibfritz, Dieter ^b   Butterworth, Roger F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Brain edema; Encephalopathy; Glutamine; Hypothermia; Organic osmolytes

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN PROTECTION; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVASCULARIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HYPOTHERMIA; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT;

EID: 1642513500     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2003.11.048     Document Type: Article

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