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New concepts in the mechanism of ammonia-induced astrocyte swelling

✍ Scribed by M. D. Norenberg; A. R. Jayakumar; K. V. Rama Rao; K. S. Panickar

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 263 KB
Volume: 22
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-7490
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-007-9062-5

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