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Hepatic encephalopathy and brain edema in acute hepatic failure: Does glutamate play a role?

✍ Scribed by R F Butterworth

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 131 KB
Volume: 25
Category: Article
ISSN: 0270-9139
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250440

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✦ Synopsis

Abbreviations: HE, hepatic encephalopathy; NMDA, N-methyl-d-aspartate; AMPA, apartments. Evidence suggesting that neuron-astrocytic amino-3-hydro-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid; KA, kainate. trafficking of glutamate is altered in HE includes the find-

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