Effects of acute ammonia toxicity on nitric oxide (NO), citrulline-NO cycle enzymes, arginase and related metabolites in different regions of rat brain

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 116-122

  Swamy, M ^a   Zakaria, Adlin Zafrulan ^a   Govindasamy, Chandran ^a   Sirajudeen, K N S ^a   Nadiger, H A ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acute ammonia toxicity; Arginase; Citrulline NO cycle; Nitrate nitrite (Nox); Nitric oxide; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMMONIA; ARGINASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMINE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; ORNITHINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MALE; METABOLITE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECYCLING;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ARGINASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; BRAIN; CITRULLINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 24044530670     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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