Chronic hyperammonemia alters the circadian rhythms of corticosteroid hormone levels and of motor activity in rats

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1605-1614

  Ahabrach, Hanan ^a   Piedrafita, Blanca ^b   Ayad, Abdelmalik ^a   Mlili, Nisrin El ^b   Errami, Mohammed ^a   Felipo, Vicente ^b   Llansola, Marta ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Cosinor; Hepatic encephalopathy; Locomotor activity; Plasma corticosterone; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RUNNING; VELOCITY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 77952035847     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22311     Document Type: Article

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