Alterations of blood brain barrier function in hyperammonemia: An overview

Neurotoxicity Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 236-244

  Skowrońska, Marta ^a   Albrecht, Jan ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Ammonia neurotoxicity; Blood brain barrier; Hepatic encephalopathy; Vasogenic brain edema

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ARGININE; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; CREATININE; DOPAMINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GELATINASE B; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; NITRIC OXIDE; ORNITHINE; SEROTONIN; TAURINE; THIOACETAMIDE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MICE; RATS;

EID: 84856434762     PISSN: 10298428     EISSN: 14763524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12640-011-9269-4     Document Type: Review

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