商品簡介
Contains papers from the December 1996 symposium, reporting on the latest research on causes and mechanisms of hyperammonemia and hepatic encephalopathy. Subjects include alterations of different neurotransmitter systems in hepatic encephalopathy, clinical use of neuropsychoactive drugs, the role of NMDA receptors and of endogenous indole derivatives, and the possible utility of ornithine aminotransferase as a therapeutic target. Describes animal studies, looks at the application of in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the study of hyperammonemia and hepatic encephalopathy, and discusses ammonia in Alzheimer's disease and new techniques for transplanting liver grafts from living related donors. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
