Affinities and densities of high-affinity [3H]muscimol (GABA-A) binding sites and of central benzodiazepine receptors are unchanged in autopsied brain tissue from cirrhotic patients with hepatic encephalopathy.

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Published in Hepatology on October 27, 1988

Authors

R F Butterworth1, J Lavoie, J F Giguère, G Pomier-Layrargues

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Neurochemistry, André-Viallet Clinical Research Center, Hôpital Saint-Luc, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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