Principal Investigator
The link between the liver and the brain intrigues you?
Researcher
Principal Investigator
Researcher
Full Professor, Departments of medicine, pharmacology and nutrition, Université de Montréal
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Associate professor, Department of nutrition, Université de Montréal
Hepatic (liver) encephalopathy (brain disorder) is a neuropsychiatric disease affecting the brain, caused by an hepatic dysfunction.
Lactic acidosis of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, also known as Leigh syndrome, is a genetic disorder that occurs mainly in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region.
Aamann et al., Liver Int, 2018
Progressive resistance training prevents loss of muscle mass and strength in bile duct ligated rats.
Ochoa, J Clin Exp Hepatol, 2018
Pathogenesis of Hepatic Encephalopathy in Chronic Liver Disease.
Bhanji et al., Hepatol Int, 2018
Myosteatosis and sarcopenia are associated with hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis.
December 7th-9th 2018
Maastricht, Netherlands
November 9th-13th 2018
San Francisco, USA
June 17th-June 18th 2018
Vancouver, Canada
May 24th - 27th 2018
Copenhagen, Denmark
Congratulations to Chantal for the prize awarded by the OPDQ for the guide "Nutrition for cirrhosis - guide for patients".
A poster and an oral presentation will be given by Rafael at the 69th AASLD Congress in San Francisco.
