Biochemistry and physiology of brain ammonia

Physiol Rev. 1987 Apr;67(2):440-519. doi: 10.1152/physrev.1987.67.2.440.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Ammonia / analysis*
  • Ammonia / blood
  • Ammonia / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Ammonia / toxicity
  • Animals
  • Astrocytes / drug effects
  • Blood Vessels / physiology
  • Blood-Brain Barrier
  • Brain / cytology
  • Brain Chemistry*
  • Cell Compartmentation
  • Electrophysiology
  • Energy Metabolism / drug effects
  • Glutamate Dehydrogenase / metabolism
  • Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Inactivation, Metabolic
  • Models, Neurological
  • Neurons / drug effects
  • Neurotransmitter Agents / physiology
  • Regional Blood Flow

Substances

  • Neurotransmitter Agents
  • Ammonia
  • Glutamate Dehydrogenase
  • Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase