Michael P Wilkie et al.
The Journal of experimental biology, 214(Pt 24), 4107-4120 (2011-11-26)
Acute ammonia toxicity in vertebrates is thought to be characterized by a cascade of deleterious events resembling those associated with anoxic/ischemic injury in the central nervous system. A key event is the over-stimulation of neuronal N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, which leads