Neurological implications of urea cycle disorders

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 865-879

  Gropman, A L ^a,b   Summar, M ^c   Leonard, J V ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYCLIC GMP; FENOFIBRATE; GLUTAMIC ACID; INDOMETACIN; INOSITOL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MEMANTINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL; VALPROIC ACID;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ASTROCYTE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EXCITOTOXICITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; UREA CYCLE DISORDER;

EID: 37449009053     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: 15732665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10545-007-0709-5     Document Type: Review

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