Biochemistry and physiology of brain ammonia.

Biochemistry and physiology of brain ammonia.A J Cooper, and F PlumA J Cooper, and F PlumPublished Online:01 Apr 1987https://doi.org/10.1152/physrev.1987.67.2.440MoreSectionsPDF (13 MB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInWeChat Previous Back to Top Next Download PDF FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation Cited ByAir-breathing and excretory nitrogen metabolism in fishesActa Histochemica, Vol. 120, No. 7New in vitro model derived from brain-specific Mut-/- mice confirms cerebral ammonium accumulation in methylmalonic aciduriaMolecular Genetics and Metabolism, Vol. 124, No. 4Influence of implementing a protocol for an intravenously administered ammonia scavenger on the management of acute hyperammonemia in a pediatric intensive care unit5 June 2018 | Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, Vol. 12Efficacy and safety of rifaximin in Japanese patients with hepatic encephalopathy: A phase II/III, multicenter, randomized, evaluator-blinded, active-controlled trial and a phase III, multicenter, open trial19 January 2018 | Hepatology Research, Vol. 48, No. 6Blood Ammonia as a Possible Etiological Agent for Alzheimer’s Disease4 May 2018 | Nutrients, Vol. 10, No. 5Hyperammonemic encephalopathy in a patient receiving fluorouracil/oxaliplatin chemotherapy13 February 2018 | Clinical Case Reports, Vol. 6, No. 4The effects of high environmental ammonia on the structure of rainbow trout hierarchies and the physiology of the individuals thereinAquatic Toxicology, Vol. 195Inherited hyperammonemias: a Contemporary view on pathogenesis and diagnosis27 December 2017 | Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs, Vol. 6, No. 2Physiology of AstrogliaAlexei Verkhratsky and Maiken Nedergaard12 December 2017 | Physiological Reviews, Vol. 98, No. 1Effects of Exposure to Ammonia on Plasma, Brain and Muscle Concentrations of Amino Acids and Adenyl Nucleotides in the Siberian Sturgeon, Acipenser baerii11 July 2017Hepatic Encephalopathy: Pathophysiology—Brain24 May 2018Which of the branched-chain amino acids increases cerebral blood flow in hepatic encephalopathy? 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