Cerebral effects of ammonia in liver disease: current hypotheses

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 901-911

  Ott, Peter ^a   Vilstrup, Hendrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Cerebral edema; Hepatic encephalopathy; Liver failure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER DISEASE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; DIFFUSION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCOLYSIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; KETOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; LACTATES; LIVER DISEASES; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84911805164     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-014-9494-7     Document Type: Article

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