Signaling factors in the mechanism of ammonia neurotoxicity

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-117

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

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Astrocytes; Hepatic encephalopathy; Mitochondrial permeability transition; Mitogen activated protein kinases; NF B; Oxidative nitrosative stress

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CALCIUM ION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE;

ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; REVIEW;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CALCIUM SIGNALING; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; NEUROTOXINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 60449101891     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-008-9113-6     Document Type: Review

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