Identifying the direct effects of ammonia on the brain

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-102

  Bosoi, Cristina R ^a   Rose, Christopher F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Brain; Hepatic encephalopathy; Liver failure

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; POTASSIUM ION;

AMMONIA FORMATION; ATAXIA; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; COMA; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIVER FAILURE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PH MEASUREMENT; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 60449098799     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-008-9112-7     Document Type: Review

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