Glutamate and muscarinic receptors in the molecular mechanisms of acute ammonia toxicity and of its prevention

Adv Exp Med Biol. 1997:420:45-56. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5945-0_3.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Ammonia / blood
  • Ammonia / toxicity*
  • Animals
  • Glutamic Acid / metabolism
  • Hepatic Encephalopathy / physiopathology
  • Receptors, Glutamate / physiology*
  • Receptors, Muscarinic / physiology*
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / physiology
  • Synaptic Transmission / physiology

Substances

  • Receptors, Glutamate
  • Receptors, Muscarinic
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
  • Glutamic Acid
  • Ammonia