Experimental models of hepatic encephalopathy: ISHEN guidelines

Liver International

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 783-788

  Butterworth, Roger F ^a   Norenberg, Michael D ^b   Felipo, Vicente ^c   Ferenci, Peter ^d   Albrecht, Jan ^e   Blei, Andres T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

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

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Ammonia; Animal models; Astrocytes; Azoxymethane; Bile duct ligation; Cirrhosis; Galactosamine; Hepatic encephalopathy; Portacaval anastomosis; Thioacetamide

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AZOXYMETHANE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CYTOKINE; GALACTOSAMINE; MANGANESE; NITROSAMINE; OCTANOIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; PHOSPHORUS; THIOACETAMIDE;

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN SLICE; DEVASCULARIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; DOG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GOAT; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; REVIEW; SWINE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; RATS; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC;

EID: 67149146685     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2009.02034.x     Document Type: Review

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