Advances in cirrhosis, hyperammonemia, and hepatic encephalopathy /

Table of Contents: “…-- The Involvement of Ammonia with the Mechanism that Enhance GABA-ergic Neurotransmission in Hepatic Failure -- Direct Enhancement of GABA-ergic Neurotransmission by Ammonia -- The Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptor and Neurosteroids in Hepatic Encephalopathy -- Ornithine Aminotransferase as a Therapeutic Target in Hyperammonemias -- Sparse-Fur (spf) Mouse as a Model of Hyperammonemia: Alterations in the Neurotransmitter Systems -- Abnormal Gene Expression Causing Hyperammonemia in Carnitine-Deficient Juvenile Visceral Steatosis (JVS) Mice -- Hyperammonemia without Portal Systemic Shunting Does Not Resemble Hepatic Encephalopathy -- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in the Study of Hyperammonemia and Hepatic Encephalopathy -- Osmosignalling and Osmolytes in Liver and Astrocytes -- Effects of Acid-Base Alterations and Protein Depletion on Hepatic Nitrogen Metabolism -- Glucose and Insulin Metabolism in Cirrhosis -- An Ammonia Hypothesis of Alzheimer Disease -- Living Related Liver Transplantation -- Contributors.…”