Memantine, a noncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonist improves hyperammonemia-induced encephalopathy and acute hepatic encephalopathy in rats.

Vogels, B A

Memantine, a noncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonist improves hyperammonemia-induced encephalopathy and acute hepatic encephalopathy in rats. [electronic resource] - Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) Apr 1997 - 820-7 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article

0270-9139

10.1002/hep.510250406 doi


Ammonia--blood
Animals
Body Water--drug effects
Brain--drug effects
Disease Models, Animal
Electroencephalography
Glutamic Acid--cerebrospinal fluid
Hepatic Encephalopathy--drug therapy
Intracranial Pressure--drug effects
Ischemia--complications
Liver--blood supply
Male
Memantine--blood
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate--antagonists & inhibitors