Abstract

Summary

This paper investigates the effects of induced hyperammonaemia on sleep and melanopsin-mediated pupillary light response in patients with liver cirrhosis, finding that while hyperammonaemia led to increased sleepiness, it had no acute effect on pupillary light response or neuropsychiatric tests.
Categories

Categories

Sleep and insomnia: The paper investigates the effects of induced hyperammonaemia on sleep in patients with liver cirrhosis, finding that it led to increased sleepiness.
Alertness and performance: The paper examines the effects of induced hyperammonaemia on alertness and performance, as measured by pupillary light response and neuropsychiatric tests, finding no acute effect.
Gastrointestinal Health: The paper focuses on patients with liver cirrhosis, a gastrointestinal disease, and investigates the effects of induced hyperammonaemia on these patients.
Authors

Author(s)

AE Kann, S Ba-Ali, JB Seidelin, FS Larsen, S Hamann
Publication Date

Publication Year

2022
Citations

Number of Citations

1
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