Tolerance of neonatal rat brain to acute hyperammonemia

Brain Research

Volumn 973, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-38

  García, M Victoria ^a   López Mediavilla, Casilda ^a   Juanes De La Peña, María C ^a   Medina, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammonia toxicity; Glutamate; Glutamine; Hyperammonemia; Mitochondria; Neonate

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM ACETATE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LACTIC ACID;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULTHOOD; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

EID: 18844473731     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02529-0     Document Type: Article

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