Magnetic resonance analysis of the effects of acute ammonia intoxication on rat brain. Role of NMDA receptors

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1334-1343

  Cauli, Omar ^a   López Larrubia, Pilar ^b   Rodrigues, Tiago B ^b,c   Cerdán, Sebastián ^b   Felipo, Vicente ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Edema; Hepatic encephalopathy; Hyperammonemia; Neuronal damage; NMDA receptors

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DIZOCILPINE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TOXICITY; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

RATTUS;

EID: 35448962385     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04878.x     Document Type: Article

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