Identifying Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy: A New Perspective from Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Y Wang, L Yang, Y Shang, Y Huang… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Type C hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a condition characterized by brain dysfunction
caused by liver insufficiency and/or portal‐systemic blood shunting, which manifests as a …

Meta-analysis of magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy

G Zeng, R Penninkilampi, J Chaganti, S Montagnese… - Neurology, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Objective Various imaging modalities have been used to explore pathogenic mechanisms
and stratify the severity of hepatic encephalopathy (HE). The hypothesis of this meta …

Electroacupuncture Synergistically Inhibits Proinflammatory Cytokine Production and Improves Cognitive Function in Rats with Cognitive Impairment due to Hepatic …

J Huang, Z Gong, Y Kong, Y Huang… - Evidence‐Based …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. To investigate the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on cognitive dysfunction in
rats with hepatic encephalopathy and its underlying mechanism. Methods. Fifty Wistar rats …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic alterations in the right anterior insula among patients with cirrhosis without overt hepatic encephalopathy: a magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

NX Huang, HW Huang, QY Dong, YL Wen, D Li… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Purpose We investigated metabolic alterations in the right anterior insula (rAI) in cirrhotic
patients and determined its association with patients' cognitive dysfunction. Methods In this …

A preliminary study of the biochemical environment of infertile testes with clinical varicocele

O Xiropotamou, AC Tsili, L Astrakas, A Ntorkou… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate the role of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy.(1H-MRS) in the
assessment of the biochemical environment of testes in infertile men with clinical varicocele …

[HTML][HTML] A longitudinal study of patients with cirrhosis treated with L-ornithine L-aspartate, examined with magnetization transfer, diffusion-weighted imaging and …

VPB Grover, MJW McPhail, M Wylezinska-Arridge… - Metabolic brain …, 2017 - Springer
The presence of overt hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is associated with structural, metabolic
and functional changes in the brain discernible by use of a variety of magnetic resonance …

Decreased taurine and Creatine in the thalamus may relate to Behavioral impairments in ethanol-fed mice: A pilot study of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

S Xu, W Zhu, Y Wan, JB Wang, X Chen… - Molecular …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is highly prevalent, observed in up to 80% of
patients with liver dysfunction. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is defined as hepatic …

[HTML][HTML] Neurobiology and neuroimaging of chronic hepatitis C virus: Implications for neuropsychiatry

SL Martindale, RA Hurley… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Am Neuropsych Assoc
FIGURE 2 AND COVER. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) provides
noninvasive measures of several metabolites that are sensitive to changes in neuronal and …

[HTML][HTML] Increased serum malondialdehyde levels are associated with grey matter volume loss in patients with non-alcoholic cirrhosis

W Zheng, WW Zhu, ZC Feng, Q Liang… - … Imaging in Medicine …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Grey matter volume (GMV) loss has been observed in patients with non-
alcoholic cirrhosis, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Oxidative stress (OS) is a …

Serum biomarkers of liver fibrosis identify changes in striatal metabolite levels.

N Zahr, E Sullivan, A Pfefferbaum - Research Square, 2023 - europepmc.org
1 H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) conducted in cirrhosis shows consistent CNS
changes such as high levels of the combined resonances (Glx) of glutamate (Glu)+ …