1. Introduction

   • Vicente Felipo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 251

2. Endogenous Neuroprotectants in Ammonia Toxicity in the Central Nervous System: Facts and Hypotheses

   • Jan Albrecht
   • Michał Wegrzynowicz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 253 - 263

3. Molecular Mechanisms of the Alterations in NMDA Receptor-Dependent Long-Term Potentiation in Hyperammonemia

   • Pilar Monfort
   • María-Dolores Muñoz
   • Vicente Felipo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 274

4. Limited Capacity for Ammonia Removal by Brain in Chronic Liver Failure: Potential Role of Nitric Oxide

   • Christopher Rose
   • Vicente Felipo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 275 - 283

5. Protein Tyrosine Nitration in Hyperammonemia and Hepatic Encephalopathy

   • Dieter Häussinger
   • Boris Görg
   • Freimut Schliess

   OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 294

6. Wilson Disease

   • Reinhard Kitzberger
   • Christian Madl
   • Peter Ferenci

   OriginalPaper Pages: 295 - 302

7. Mechanisms of Ammonia-Induced Astrocyte Swelling

   • M. D. Norenberg
   • K. V. Rama Rao
   • A. R. Jayakumar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 318

8. Role of Phosphate-Activated Glutaminase in the Pathogenesis of Hepatic Encephalopathy

   • Manuel Romero-Gómez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 325

9. Which Are the Right Cells to be Used in a Bioartificial Liver?

   • Robert A. F. M. Chamuleau
   • Tanja Deurholt
   • Ruurdtje Hoekstra

   OriginalPaper Pages: 327 - 335

10. Neural Synchronization in Hepatic Encephalopathy

    • Lars Timmermann
    • Markus Butz
    • Alfons Schnitzler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 346

11. Altered Modulation of Motor Activity by Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in the Nucleus Accumbens in Hyperammonemic Rats

    • Omar Cauli
    • Marta Llansola
    • Vicente Felipo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 347 - 358

12. Attention, Memory, and Cognitive Function in Hepatic Encephalopathy

    • Karin Weissenborn
    • Kathrin Giewekemeyer
    • Björn Ahl

    OriginalPaper Pages: 359 - 367

13. Neurophysiological Investigation of Hepatic Encephalopathy

    • Piero Amodio
    • Angelo Gatta

    OriginalPaper Pages: 369 - 379

14. Impairment of Response Inhibition Precedes Motor Alteration in the Early Stage of Liver Cirrhosis: A Behavioral and Electrophysiological Study

    • Sami Schiff
    • Antonino Vallesi
    • Piero Amodio

    OriginalPaper Pages: 381 - 392

15. Chronic Systemic Endotoxin Exposure: An Animal Model in Experimental Hepatic Encephalopathy

    • Kai O. Lindros
    • Harri A. Järveläinen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 393 - 398

16. Animal Models in the Study of Episodic Hepatic Encephalopathy in Cirrhosis

    • Rodrigo Jover
    • Enriquede Madaria
    • Antonio Compañ

    OriginalPaper Pages: 399 - 408

17. Acute Liver Failure: A Critical Appraisal of Available Animal Models

    • Mireille Bélanger
    • Roger F. Butterworth

    OriginalPaper Pages: 409 - 423

18. Role of Endogenous Benzodiazepine Ligands and Their GABA-A-Associated Receptors in Hepatic Encephalopathy

    • Samir Ahboucha
    • Roger F. Butterworth

    OriginalPaper Pages: 425 - 437