Cerebral ammonia production during hypoglycemia in the newborn calf.
The effect of insulin hypoglycaemia on cerebral blood flow, and cerebral metabolic rates of glucose, oxygen and ammonia was investigated in the unanaesthetized newborn calf. A net loss of ammonia from the brain occurred during hypoglycaemia, and was greater in convulsing than in comatose animals.
D000641:Ammonia / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism*; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects
D007328:Insulin; D000641:Ammonia; D005947:Glucose