GABAergic neurosteroids: The "endogenous benzodiazepines" of acute liver failure

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 707-714

  Ahboucha, Samir ^a   Gamrani, Halima ^a   Baker, Glen ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Gene expression; Hepatic encephalopathy; Neuroinflammation; Neurosteroids; Neurotransmission; Translocator protein (TSPO)

Indexed keywords

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE TRANSLOCASE; AMMONIA; BENZODIAZEPINE; FLUMAZENIL; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; NEUROSTEROID; PREGNANE X RECEPTOR; PREGNENOLONE; TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; TETRAHYDROPROGESTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL ACTIVATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MICROGLIA; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS; UPREGULATION;

BENZODIAZEPINES; BRAIN EDEMA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS;

EID: 84861586481     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: 18729754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2011.10.003     Document Type: Review

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