New concepts in the mechanism of ammonia-induced astrocyte swelling

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 219-234

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

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Ammonia; Astrocytes; Brain edema; Cell swelling; Glutamine; Hepatic encephalopathy; Mitochondrial permeability transition; Nitrosative stress; Oxidative stress; Signaling kinases

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMINE; PROTEIN KINASE;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN EDEMA; CELL SWELLING; CELL VOLUME; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN EDEMA; CELL SIZE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 35449004571     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-007-9062-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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