Profiling of astrocyte properties in the hyperammonaemic brain: Shedding new light on the pathophysiology of the brain damage in hyperammonaemia

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 492-502

  Lichter Konecki, U ^a,b,c  

^a Neurosci Res Ctr Natl I   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; POTASSIUM; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EXCITOTOXICITY; FLUID BALANCE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LIVER FAILURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM BALANCE; UREA CYCLE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN DISEASES; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 50149083717     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: 15732665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10545-008-0834-9     Document Type: Article

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