Cirrhosis, Hyperammonemia, and Hepatic Encephalopathy Book

	Control of Urea Synthesis and Ammonia Detoxification	1
	Brain Metabolism in Hepatic Encephalopathy and Hyperammonemia	13
	Ammonia Metabolism in Mammals: Interorgan Relationship	21
	Clinical Manifestations and Therapy of Hepatic Encephalopathy	39
	Nutritional Considerations in Patients with Hepatic Failure	45
	Do Benzodiazepine Ligands Contribute to Hepatic Encephalopathy?	57
	Effects of Hyperammonemia on Neuronal Function: NH[subscript 4][superscript +], IPSP and Cl[superscript -] Extrusion	71
	Activation of NMDA Receptor Mediates the Toxicity of Ammonia and the Effects of Ammonia on the Microtubule-Associated Protein MAP-2	83
	Modulation of the Exocytotic Release of Neurotransmitter Glutamate by Protein Kinase C	95
	Controls of Cerebral Protein Breakdown	107
	Two Different Families of NMDA Receptors in Mammalian Brain: Physiological Function and Role in Neuronal Development and Degeneration	119
	Glanglioside GMl and its Semisynthetic Lysogangliosides Reduce Glutamate Neurotoxicity by a Novel Mechanism	129
	Contributors	143
	Index	145