Cirrhosis, Hyperammonemia and Hepatic Encephalopathy - Proceedings of an International Summer Course Held in El Escorial, Spain, August 10-14, 1992 (Hardcover)

Control of Urea Synthesis and Ammonia Detoxification.- Brain Metabolism in Hepatic Encephalopathy and Hyperammonemia.- Ammonia Metabolism in Mammals: Interorgan Relationship.- Clinical Manifestations and Therapy of Hepatic Encephalopathy.- Nutritional Considerations in Patients with Hepatic Failure.- Do Benzodiazepine Ligands Contribute to Hepatic Encephalopathy?.- Effects of Hyperammonemia on Neuronal Function: NH4+, IPSP Cl-Extrusion.- Activation of NMDA Receptor Mediates the Toxicity of Ammonia and the Effects of Ammonia on the Microtubule-Associated Protein MAP-2.- Modulation of the Exocytotic Release of Neurotransmitter Glutamate by Protein Kinase C.- Controls of Cerebral Protein Breakdown.- Two Different Families of NMDA Receptors in Mammalian Brain: Physiological Function and Role in Neuronal Development and Degeneration.- Glanglioside GM1 and its Semisynthetic Lysogangliosides Reduce Glutamate Neurotoxicity by a Novel Mechanism.- Contributors.

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, v. 341
Release date:	1994
First published:	1994
Editors:	Santiago Grisolia • Vicente Felipo
Dimensions:	260 x 171 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-0-306-44595-8
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Gastroenterology Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Hepatology
LSN:	0-306-44595-6
Barcode:	9780306445958

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