Neuropathological changes in the brain of pigs with acute liver failure

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 935-943

  Kristiansen, Rune Gangsøy ^a   Lindal, Sigurd ^a   Myreng, Kate ^a   Revhaug, Arthur ^a   Ytrebø, Lars Marius ^a   Rose, Christopher F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Ammonia; Blood brain barrier; Cerebral edema; Hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOPSY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEPATIC ARTERY LIGATION; LIVER FAILURE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SHAM PROCEDURE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN EDEMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; SWINE;

EID: 77955673230     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521003675047     Document Type: Article

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