MPG.eBooks - Table of Contents: Cirrhosis, Hepatic Encephalopathy, and Ammonium Toxicity

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Grisolía, Santiago (Editor), Felipo, Vicente (Editor), Miñana, Maria-Dolores (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Springer US 1990, 1990
Edition:	1st ed. 1990
Series:	Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Subjects:	Neuroscience Diseases Neurosciences Internal Medicine Biochemistry Gastroenterology
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5826-8?nosfx=y
Collection:	Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa

Table of Contents:

Ammonia Metabolism
1. Cerebral Function in Hepatic Encephalopathy
2. Ammonia Metabolism in Normal and Portacaval Shunted Rats
3. Nitrogen Metabolism in Normal and Cirrhotic Liver
Effects of Hyperammonemia on Brain
4. Hyperammonemia Induces Brain Tubulin
5. Astrocytes in Hepatic Encephalopathy
6. Effects of NH4+ on the Function of the CNS
Neurotransmission in Hepatic Encephalopathy
7. Hepatic Encephalopathy, GABA-ergic Neurotransmission and Benzodiazepine Receptor Ligands
8. Neurotransmission in Hepatic Encephalopathy
9. Synaptic Plasma Membrane Composition and Fluidity in the Pathogenesis of Hepatic Encephalopathy
Carnitine and Ammonium Toxicity
10. Metabolic Effects of Carnitine and Carnitine Analogs
11. Clinical Use of Carnitine. Past, Present and Future
12. New Roles of Carnitine Metabolism in Ammonia Cytotoxicity
Clinical Aspects
13. Effect of L-Carnitine Upon Ammonia Tolerance Test in Cirrhotic Patients
14. Metabolism of Sedatives in Liver Disease
15. Branched Chain Amino Acids in the Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy
16. Treatment of Portal Systemic Encephalopathy: The Old and New Treatments
17. Benzodiazepine Antagonist in the Treatment of Human Hepatic Encephalopathy
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