Brain region-selective mechanisms contribute to the progression of cerebral alterations in acute liver failure in rats

Gastroenterology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 638-645

  Cauli, Omar ^a   Lpezlarrubia, Pilar ^b   Rodrigo, Regina ^a   Agusti, Ana ^a   Boix, Jordi ^a   Nietocharques, Laura ^b   Cerdn, Sebastin ^b   Felipo, Vicente ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Neurobiologia de Prince Felipe Research Centre   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain Edema; Hepatic Encephalopathy; Hyperammonemia

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GALACTOSAMINE; GELATINASE B; GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 79251552307     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.10.043     Document Type: Article

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