Many of our views of the pathogenesis of brain edema and intracranial hypertension have originated from work in the rat after portacaval anastomosis receiving an ammonia infusion. Although this ...

A key role for ammonia in the pathogenesis of both HE and brain edema is now firmly supported by clinical and experimental data. Additional factors, such as infection, products of the necrotic ...

Light and electron microscopy of the testis at 16 weeks revealed interstitial edema with increase in interstitial ground substance associated with an increase in hydrophilic glycoprotein granules ...