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Hepatic Encephalopathy

Pathophysiology and Treatment

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Editors:
  1. Roger F. Butterworth

    1. Laboratory of Neurochemistry, André-Viallet Clinical Research Centre, Hôpital St-Luc (University of Montreal), Montreal, Canada

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  2. Gilles Pomier Layrargues

    1. Hepatology Unit, André-Viallet Clinical Research Centre, Hôpital St-Luc (University of Montreal), Montreal, Canada

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Part of the book series: Experimental Biology and Medicine (EBAM, volume 22)

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Table of contents (40 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Hepatic Encephalopathy: The Present and the Future

      • Steven Schenker
      Pages 3-24

  3. Pathophysiology of Hepatic Encephalopathy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. The Role of Ammonia and Other Toxins

      1. Ammonia in Liver and Extrahepatic Tissues: An Overview of Metabolism and Toxicity in Mammals
        • Arthur J. L. Cooper, James C. K. Lai, Alan S. Gelbard
        Pages 27-48
      2. Neurophysiology of Ammonia Intoxication
        • Winfried A. Raabe
        Pages 49-77
      3. Effect of Portacaval Anastomosis on Ammonia Metabolism in Brain and Liver
        • Guylaine Girard, Jean-François Giguère, Roger F. Butterworth
        Pages 79-89
      4. Selective Inhibition of Mitochondrial Dehydrogenases by Ammonia and Fatty Acyl Coenzyme a Derivatives
        • James C. K. Lai, Karin Rimpel-Lamhaouar, Arthur J. L. Cooper
        Pages 91-98
      5. Acute Action of Ammonia on Leucine Metabolism in Isolated Astrocytes, Neurons and Oligo Cells of Rat Brain
        • J. Jessy, Ch. R. K. Murthy
        Pages 99-111
      6. Progressive Hyperammonemia and Insulin Resistance After Portacaval Shunt in Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia
        • Ijaz A. Qureshi, Marie Lambert, Emile Levy, Muriel Godard, Jacques Letarte
        Pages 113-125
      7. Mesenteric Venous Stenosis Reduces Hyperammonemia in the Portacaval Shunted Rat
        • Kaj Johansen, Catherine Girod, Samuel S. Lee, Didier Lebrec
        Pages 127-134
      8. Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy Syndrome Due to Urinary Bladder Distention and Infection
        • R. R. Varma, J. W. Schenck, A. Goswami
        Pages 135-140
      9. Role of Toxins and Synergism in Hepatic Encephalopathy
        • Leslie Zieve
        Pages 141-156

    3. Cerebral Metabolism and Function in Hepatic Failure

      1. Brain Energy Metabolism in Hepatic Encephalopathy
        • Richard A. Hawkins, Anke M. Mans
        Pages 159-176
      2. <u>In Vivo</u> NMR Spectroscopy Studies of Cerebral Metabolism in Rats after Portal-Caval Shunting.
        • Susan M. Fitzpatrick, Kevin L. Behar, Robert G. Shulman
        Pages 177-187
      3. Effects of Hypercarbia and Porta-Caval Shunting on Amino Acids and High Energy Phosphates of the Rat Brain: a 1H and 31P NMR Study
        • K. L. Behar, S. M. Fitzpatrick
        Pages 189-200
      4. Positron-Emission Tomography in the Study of Hepatic Encephalopathy
        • Alan H. Lockwood
        Pages 201-213
      5. The Use of Cultured Astrocytes in the Study of Hepatic Encephalopathy
        • Michael D. Norenberg
        Pages 215-229
      6. Brain Edema in Experimental Fulminant Hepatic Failure
        • Andres T. Blei, Peter G. Traber
        Pages 231-244
      7. Encephalopathy of Reye’s Syndrome: Studies of the Pathogenic Process in Animal Models
        • M. G. Murphy, S. C. Digout, J. F. S. Crocker
        Pages 245-259
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratory of Neurochemistry, André-Viallet Clinical Research Centre, Hôpital St-Luc (University of Montreal), Montreal, Canada

    Roger F. Butterworth

  • Hepatology Unit, André-Viallet Clinical Research Centre, Hôpital St-Luc (University of Montreal), Montreal, Canada

    Gilles Pomier Layrargues

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Hepatic Encephalopathy

  • Book Subtitle: Pathophysiology and Treatment

  • Editors: Roger F. Butterworth, Gilles Pomier Layrargues

  • Series Title: Experimental Biology and Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4506-3

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Humana Press Inc. 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-164-7Published: 30 October 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-8851-0Published: 17 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-4506-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 622

  • Topics: Neurosciences

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