Publication Date:
1982-04-23
Description:
Two populations of receptors for gamma-aminobutyric acid, one with low- and the other with high-affinity characteristics, are detectable in frozen, thawed, Triton-treated synaptic membrane preparations from normal brain. It is now reported that membrane preparations from rats with mild galactosamine-induced hepatic encephalopathy show an increase in the number of low- and high-affinity gamma-aminobutyric acid binding sites, whereas those from rats with severe encephalopathy show only high-affinity binding sites. Thus, hepatic encephalopathy appears to involve partial degeneration of the gamma-aminobutyric acid-containing presynaptic nerve terminals.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Baraldi, M -- Zeneroli, Z L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1982 Apr 23;216(4544):427-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6280279" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Bicuculline/metabolism
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Binding, Competitive
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Brain/*metabolism
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Disease Models, Animal
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Galactosamine
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Hepatic Encephalopathy/*metabolism
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Humans
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Kinetics
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Receptors, Cell Surface/*metabolism
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Receptors, GABA-A
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Synaptic Membranes/metabolism
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Time Factors
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gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/*metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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