Role of branched chain amino acids in cerebral ammonia homeostasis related to hepatic encephalopathy

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-215

  Bak, Lasse K ^a   Waagepetersen, Helle S ^a   Sørensen, Michael ^b   Ott, Peter ^b   Vilstrup, Hendrik ^b   Keiding, Susanne ^b   Schousboe, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; BCAA; Brain; HE; Muscle; Neurons

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; AMMONIA; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; ISOLEUCINE; SUCCINYL COENZYME A;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; BRAIN METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLIA; HYPERAMMONEMIA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 84878015871     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-013-9381-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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