BIOCHEMICAL AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE TREATMENT OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IN RATS
Zahran F., Heibashy M. I. A., Mazen G. M. A. and Mobasher E. E.*
ABSTRACT
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) represents a diverse spectrum of complex neuropsychiatric disturbance resulting from liver disease and its concomitant metabolic and immunologic derangements. Hyperammonemia and inflammation cooperate to induce neurological alteration in hepatic encephalopathy. This study was conducted to elucidate the changes of serum, liver and brain proinflammatory cytokines in encephalopathy rats and to evaluate the hepato-protective activity of lactulose and/or taurine against thioacetamide (TAA) induced hepatic encephalopathy in rats. Acute hepatic encephalopathy (HE) in rats was induced by intraperitoneal injection of thioacetamide
in 24 hours intervals for two consecutive days. The obtained results revealed a significant (p
Keywords: Hepatic encephalopathy - Cytokines - S100? - Lactulose - Taurine - Rats.
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