Pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy and brain edema in acute liver failure: Role of glutamine redefined

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 690-696

  Desjardins, Paul ^a   Du, Ting ^b   Jiang, Wenlei ^a   Peng, Liang ^b   Butterworth, Roger F ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Ammonia; Brain edema; Glutamine; Hepatic encephalopathy; In vivo cerebral microdialysis; NMR spectroscopy; Small neutral amino acid transporters

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; AMMONIA FORMATION; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SWELLING; CYTOTOXICITY; DETOXIFICATION; DEVASCULARIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NERVE ENDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; TRANSAMINATION;

AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; GLUTAMINE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE;

EID: 84861650480     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: 18729754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2012.02.001     Document Type: Review

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