Hepatic encephalopathy, ammonia, glutamate, glutamine and oxidative stress

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-102

  Lemberg, Abraham ^a   Fernández, Maria Alejandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brain; Excitotoxic neurotransmitter; Glutamine glutamate cycle; Hyperammonemia; Liver; Mitochondria; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TOXICITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCITOTOXICITY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIVER INJURY; MITOCHONDRION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 67650538602     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31785-5     Document Type: Review

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