Hypermagnesemia does not prevent intracranial hypertension and aggravates cerebral hyperperfusion in a rat model of acute hyperammonemia

Hepatology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1986-1994

  Bjerring, Peter Nissen ^a   Eefsen, Martin ^a   Larsen, Fin Stolze ^a   Bernal, William ^b   Wendon, Julia ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AQUAPORIN 4; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERMAGNESEMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 79957483080     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24274     Document Type: Article

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