Novel insights into ammonia-mediated neurotoxicity pointing to potential new therapeutic strategies

Hepatology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1101-1103

  Hadjihambi, Anna ^a   Rose, Christopher F ^b   Jalan, Rajiv ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AQUAPORIN 4; BUMETANIDE; SODIUM POTASSIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER 1;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN EDEMA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENE DELETION; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LASER MICROSCOPY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; POTASSIUM; SEIZURES;

EID: 84906505628     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.27282     Document Type: Article

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