Thursday, June 24, 2010

Ammonia metabolism, the brain and fatigue; revisit... [Prog Neurobiol. 2010] - PubMed result

Could conditions like this contribute to health problem like CFS?

"Plasma concentrations of ammonia during exercise often achieve or exceed those measured in liver disease patients, resulting in increased cerebral uptake. In this article we propose that exercise-induced hyperammonemia may lead to concomitant disturbances in brain function, potentially through similar mechanisms underpinning pathology, which may impact on performance as fatigue or reduced function, especially during extreme exercise."

Ammonia metabolism, the brain and fatigue; revisit... [Prog Neurobiol. 2010] - PubMed result:

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