Ammonia toxicity to the brain

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 595-612

  Braissant, Olivier ^a   McLin, Valérie A ^b   Cudalbu, Cristina ^c  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 PHENYLBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; ARGININE; BENZOIC ACID; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CREATINE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DISACCHARIDE; DIZOCILPINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; LACTULOSE; LEVACECARNINE; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; ORNITHINE ASPARTATE; ORNITHINE PHENYLACETATE; PHENYLACETIC ACID; PLACEBO; RIFAXIMIN; ROSCOVITINE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARGININOSUCCINIC ACIDURIA; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN TOXICITY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CITRULLINEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; UREA CYCLE DISORDER;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84880203578     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: 15732665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10545-012-9546-2     Document Type: Review

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