Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) defines a primary gliopathy associated with acute and chronic liver disease...
Keywords: astrocytes, glutamate, glutamine synthetase, hepatic encephalopathy, liver, nitric oxide, NMDA receptor
10/2006 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterAn asphyxiated infant with severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy was treated by brain hypothermia using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)...
Keywords: hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, brain hypothermia, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, cephalic vein, glutamate
07/2005 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de GruyterThe specificity of bacterial nutrient importers of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) type depends on external receptor proteins that not only bind the solute to be transported, but also initiate the transport process by inducing ATP hydrolysis in the cytoplasmic nucleotide-binding domains...
Keywords: AatJ, ABC transporter, glutamate, Pseudomonas putida, solute-binding protein
01/2008 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter