Theme: Neurosciences

roger.butterworth@umontreal.ca


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• Professor, Department of medicine, University of Montreal

Keywords
Hepatic encephalopathy, Wernicke’s encephalopathy, Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome, acute liver failure, fulminant hepatic failure, hepatic coma, brain metabolism, brain edema, astrocyte, ammonia, animal models of liver failure.

Research Interests
Neurological complications of liver diseases, Metabolic Encephalopathies.

Role of inflammation in the pathophysiology of hepatic encephalopathy.

Role of thiamine in brain function.

Development of new therapeutic strategies for patients with hepatic encephalopathy.

Publications
Publications indexed on PubMed

 
Affiliation