Mechanisms of ammonia-induced astrocyte swelling

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-318

  Norenberg, M D ^a,b   Rama Rao, K V ^b   Jayakumar, A R ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Aquaporin 4; Cell swelling; Glutamine; Glutathione; Lactate; Mitochondrial permeability transition; Neurosteroids; Oxidative stress; Peripheral benzodiazepine receptor

Indexed keywords

6 DIAZO 5 OXONORLEUCINE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMMONIA; ANTIOXIDANT; ATRIOPEPTIN III; BENZOIC ACID; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CATALASE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GLUTAMINE; INDOMETACIN; MANNITOL; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; N SEC BUTYL 1 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) N METHYL 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE; N TERT BUTYL ALPHA PHENYLNITRONE; N(G) NITROARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL SWELLING; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIVER FAILURE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; ASTROCYTES; CELL SIZE; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIA; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERMEABILITY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STEROIDS;

EID: 29744441816     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-005-7911-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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