Hyperammonemia, brain edema and blood-brain barrier alterations in prehepatic portal hypertensive rats and paracetamol intoxication

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1321-1324

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME; PARACETAMOL; TRYPAN BLUE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA REFLEX; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; RAT; RIGHTING REFLEX;

EID: 4444244974     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i9.1321     Document Type: Article

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