Ammonia toxicity under hyponatremic conditions in astrocytes: De novo synthesis of amino acids for the osmoregulatory response

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 39-50

  Zwingmann, Claudia ^a,b   Leibfritz, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alanine; Ammonia; Astrocytes; Cell swelling; Energy metabolism; Glutamine; Hyponatremia; Myo inositol; NMR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; CHOLINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; HYPOTAURINE; INOSITOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL CULTURE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 20544474654     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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