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Cirrhosis, Hepatic Encephalopathy, and Ammonium Toxicity

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Editors:
  1. Santiago Grisolía

    1. Instituto de Investigaciones Citológicas, Caja de Ahorros de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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  2. Vicente Felipo

    1. Instituto de Investigaciones Citológicas, Caja de Ahorros de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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  3. María-Dolores Miñana

    1. Instituto de Investigaciones Citológicas, Caja de Ahorros de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 272)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Ammonia Metabolism

    1. Cerebral Function in Hepatic Encephalopathy

      • Richard A. Hawkins, Anke M. Mans
      Pages 1-22

    2. Ammonia Metabolism in Normal and Portacaval-Shunted Rats

      • Arthur J. L. Cooper
      Pages 23-46

    3. Nitrogen Metabolism in Normal and Cirrhotic Liver

      • Dieter Häussinger, Rainer Steeb, Stephan Kaiser, Matthias Wettstein, Barbara Stoll, Wolfgang Gerok
      Pages 47-64

  3. Effects of Hyperammonemia on Brain

    1. Hyperammonemia Induces Brain Tubulin

      • Maria-Dolores Miñana, Vicente Felipo, Santiago Grisolía
      Pages 65-80

    2. Astrocytes in Hepatic Encephalopathy

      • Michael D. Norenberg
      Pages 81-97

    3. Effects of NH 4 + on the Function of the CNS

      • W. Raabe
      Pages 99-120

  4. Neurotransmission in Hepatic Encephalopathy

    1. Hepatic Encephalopathy, GABA-ergic Neurotransmission and Benzodiazepine Receptor Ligands

      • E. Anthony Jones, Anthony S. Basile, Phil Skolnick
      Pages 121-134

    2. Neurotransmission in Hepatic Encephalopathy

      • M. L. Zeneroli, M. Baraldi
      Pages 135-148

    3. Synaptic Plasma Membrane Composition and Fluidity in the Pathogenesis of Hepatic Encephalopathy

      • S. Chris Pappas
      Pages 149-157

  5. Carnitine and Ammonium Toxicity

    1. Metabolic Effects of Carnitine and Carnitine Analogs

      • Yoshinori Ohtsuka, Deborah J. Clark, Owen W. Griffith
      Pages 159-174

    2. Clinical Use of Carnitine Past, Present and Future

      • Noris Siliprandi, Fabio Di Lisa, Roberta Menabó
      Pages 175-181

    3. New Roles of Carnitine Metabolism in Ammonia Cytotoxicity

      • José Enrique O’Connor, Mercedes Costell
      Pages 183-195

  6. Clinical Aspects

    1. Effect of L-Carnitine Upon Ammonia Tolerance Test in Cirrhotic Patients

      • J. A. del Olmo, M. Castillo, J. M. Rodrigo, L. Aparisi, M. A. Serra, A. Wassel et al.
      Pages 197-208

    2. Metabolism of Sedatives in Liver Disease

      • Steven Schenker, Anastacio M. Hoyumpa
      Pages 209-226

    3. Branched Chain Amino Acids in the Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy

      • Filippo Rossi-Fanelli
      Pages 227-233

    4. Treatment of Portal Systemic Encephalopathy: The Old and New Treatments

      • Misael Uribe
      Pages 235-253

    5. Benzodiazepine Antagonist in the Treatment of Human Hepatic Encephalopathy

      • Peter Ferenci, Georg Grimm
      Pages 255-265

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 267-276
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Instituto de Investigaciones Citológicas, Caja de Ahorros de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    Santiago Grisolía, Vicente Felipo, María-Dolores Miñana

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cirrhosis, Hepatic Encephalopathy, and Ammonium Toxicity

  • Editors: Santiago Grisolía, Vicente Felipo, María-Dolores Miñana

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5826-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-5828-2Published: 03 April 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-5826-8Published: 08 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 284

  • Topics: Diabetes, Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Biochemistry, general, Neurosciences

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