Metabolic consequences of chronic sublethal ammonia exposure at cellular and subcellular levels in Nile tilapia brain

Aquaculture

Volumn 299, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 149-156

  Hegazi, Mona M ^a   Attia, Zeinab I ^a   Hegazi, Mohamed A M ^a   Hasanein, Soha S ^a  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alanine; Aspartate; Cytosolic and mitochondrial ammonia detoxification enzymes; GABA; Glutamate; Glutamine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BRAIN; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; JUVENILE; METABOLISM; PERCIFORM; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 73749087264     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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