Oxidative and nitrosative stress in ammonia neurotoxicity

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 731-737

  Skowrońska, Marta ^a   Albrecht, Jan ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Astrocytes; Brain edema; Cell volume; Hepatic encephalopathy; Oxidative nitrosative stress

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION PORE; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN EDEMA; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CELL METABOLISM; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MICROGLIA; NEUROTOXICITY; NITRATION; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NITROSYLATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CAPILLARIES; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; NITROSATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84875706447     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: 18729754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2012.10.013     Document Type: Review

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