… utilization rates in patients with chronic liver failure. In addition to the … ammonia production,
new approaches to the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy by lowering of brain ammonia …

… with increasing arterial ammonia levels. Encephalopathic participants in this study had
significantly higher brain ammonia metabolic rates than those without encephalopathy. This …

… hepatic coma resulting from fulminant hepatic failure, brain … dying in hepatic coma resulting
from chronic liver disease. In … cirrhotic patient dying in hepatic coma. The nuclei of affected …

… concentrations of ammonia may increase the uptake of ammonia in the brain through an …
brain barrier to ammonia [19]. In experimental animals with acute liver failure, brain ammonia …

… Hyperammonemia leads to neurotoxic levels of brain ammonia and is a major factor
involved in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy (HE). Ammonia-lowering treatments …

… plasma ammonia, measures to reduce brain edema, and liver-support devices. … Cerebral
ammonia metabolism in patients with severe liver disease and minimal hepatic encephalopathy…

… The syndrome we refer to as Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE) was first characterized by a …
away from the liver, induced elevated blood and brain ammonia concentrations in association …

… As regards ammonia, the only likely toxin meaningfully … brain, probably at the site of cerebral
ammonia detoxication, ie, at the α-ketoglutarate-glutamate-glutamine level. In acute coma, …

… One of the main causes of brain dysfunction in patients with hepatic encephalopathy (HE)
is the accumulation of ammonia in the blood, which the patient’s liver, damaged by alcoholic …

… ammonia levels adapt by increasing permeability surface area (PSA). Cerebral ammonia …
The increased PSA allows ammonia to diffuse across the blood-brain barrier more freely …