Issue 1/2009
Special Issue on “Proceeding of the 13th Symposium of the International Society for Hepatic Encephalopathy and Nitrogen Metabolism (ISHEN)”; Guest Editor: Dr. Piero Amodio PhD
Content (20 Articles)
The brain in acute liver failure. A tortuous path from hyperammonemia to cerebral edema
Peter Nissen Bjerring, Martin Eefsen, Bent Adel Hansen, Fin Stolze Larsen
Role of artificial liver support in hepatic encephalopathy
V. Stadlbauer, G. A. K. Wright, R. Jalan
The inflammatory & neurodegenerative (I&ND) hypothesis of depression: leads for future research and new drug developments in depression
Michael Maes, Raz Yirmyia, Jens Noraberg, Stefan Brene, Joe Hibbeln, Giulia Perini, Marta Kubera, Petr Bob, Bernard Lerer, Mario Maj
Neuropsychiatric disorders related to interferon and interleukins treatment
Aye Mu Myint, Markus J. Schwarz, Harry W. M. Steinbusch, Brian E. Leonard
Glutamatergic and gabaergic neurotransmission and neuronal circuits in hepatic encephalopathy
Omar Cauli, Regina Rodrigo, Marta Llansola, Carmina Montoliu, Pilar Monfort, Blanca Piedrafita, Nisrin el Mlili, Jordi Boix, Ana Agustí, Vicente Felipo
Natural endogenous ligands for benzodiazepine receptors in hepatic encephalopathy
M. Baraldi, R. Avallone, L. Corsi, I. Venturini, C. Baraldi, M. L. Zeneroli
Identifying the direct effects of ammonia on the brain
Cristina R. Bosoi, Christopher F. Rose
Signaling factors in the mechanism of ammonia neurotoxicity
M. D. Norenberg, K. V. Rama Rao, A. R. Jayakumar
RNA oxidation and zinc in hepatic encephalopathy and hyperammonemia
Freimut Schliess, Boris Görg, Dieter Häussinger
Metabolic fate of isoleucine in a rat model of hepatic encephalopathy and in cultured neural cells exposed to ammonia
Lasse K. Bak, Peter Iversen, Michael Sørensen, Susanne Keiding, Hendrik Vilstrup, Peter Ott, Helle S. Waagepetersen, Arne Schousboe
Gut ammonia production and its modulation
Manuel Romero-Gómez, María Jover, J. Jorge Galán, A. Ruiz
Mechanisms of renal ammonia production and protein turnover
Giacomo Garibotto, Daniela Verzola, Antonella Sofia, Stefano Saffioti, Fadya Menesi, Emanuela Vigo, Alice Tarroni, Giacomo Deferrari, Maria Teresa Gandolfo
Interorgan ammonia trafficking in liver disease
Steven W. M. Olde Damink, Rajiv Jalan, Cornelius H. C. Dejong
Liver transplantation and neurological side effects
Fuat H. Saner, Silvio Nadalin, Arnold Radtke, Georgios C. Sotiropoulos, Gernot M. Kaiser, Andreas Paul
Thiamine deficiency-related brain dysfunction in chronic liver failure
Roger F. Butterworth
Hepatitis C virus infection and the brain
Karin Weissenborn, Anita B. Tryc, Meike Heeren, Hans Worthmann, Henning Pflugrad, Georg Berding, Martin Bokemeyer, Hans L. Tillmann, Annemarie Goldbecker
Dietary and nutritional indications in hepatic encephalopathy
Manuela Merli, Oliviero Riggio
Backflux of ammonia from brain to blood in human subjects with and without hepatic encephalopathy
Michael Sørensen, Ole Lajord Munk, Susanne Keiding