Altered blood-brain barrier permeability in rats with prehepatic portal hypertension turns to normal when portal pressure is lowered

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1367-1372

  Eizayaga, Francisco ^a   Scorticati, Camila ^a   Prestifilippo, Juan P ^a   Romay, Salvador ^a   Fernandez, Maria A ^a   Castro, José L ^a   Lemberg, Abraham ^a   Perazzo, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Prehepatic portal hypertension; Rats

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; EVANS BLUE; LIVER ENZYME; TRYPAN BLUE;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RECORDING; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 33645526455     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i9.1367     Document Type: Article

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