Cerebral metabolic disturbances in the brain during acute liver failure: From hyperammonemia to energy failure and proteolysis

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 13-18

  Ott, Peter ^a,b   Clemmesen, Otto ^b   Larsen, Fin Stolze ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ketoglutarate dehydrogenase; Acute liver failure; Ammonia; Branched chain amino acids; Energy metabolism; Lactic acid; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBON; GLUTAMINE; ISOLEUCINE; LACTIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; VALINE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CYTOSOL; DETOXIFICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY YIELD; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER FAILURE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES;

EID: 20544451967     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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