Microglia contribute to ammonia-induced astrocyte swelling in culture

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-143

  Rao, Kakulavarapu V Rama ^a   Brahmbhatt, Monica ^a   Norenberg, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Ammonia; Astrocyte swelling; Brain edema; Microglia; Oxidative nitrosative stress

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TEMPOL; URIC ACID; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES;

ANIMAL CELL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN EDEMA; CELL SWELLING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; RAT; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SIZE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; TOXICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; MICROGLIA; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84878013825     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-012-9339-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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