Possible treatment of end-stage hyperammonemic encephalopathy by inhibition of glutamine synthetase

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-125

  Cooper, Arthur J L ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Ammonia; Astrocytes; Glutamine; Glutamine synthetase; L methionine S,R sulfoximine

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME INHIBITION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BRAIN; ENZYMOLOGY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MUS; PRIMATES;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE;

EID: 84878015722     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-012-9338-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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