Main Title |
Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology Neural Lipids / [electronic resource] : |
Type |
EBOOK |
Author |
Lajtha, Abel.
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Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Springer US, |
Year Published |
2010 |
Call Number |
RC321-580 |
ISBN |
9780387303789 |
Subjects |
Medicine ;
Neurosciences
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Internet Access |
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Collation |
XV, 757p. 120 illus.. eReference. online resource. |
Notes |
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
Contents Notes |
Biochemistry and molecular biology of neural lipids: General Aspects -- Advances in lipid analysis/lipidomics -- Metabolism and enzymology of Glycerolipids -- Metabolism and enzymology of Sphingolipids -- Metabolism and enzymology of Cholesterol and steroids -- In vivo metabolic studies -- Lipid metabolism in brain development and aging -- Cellular and Subcellular localization of neural lipids -- Nuclear lipids and their signaling functions -- Mitochondrial lipids -- Synaptic Junctions -- Lipid rafts -- Myelin -- Growth Cones -- Functions of Neural Lipids -- Lipid mediators:general aspects -- Choline and ethanolamine phosphoglycerides -- Phosophoinositides -- Sphingoinds/Sphingomyelin -- The endocannabinoids system and its manifold central action -- Lipid mediators and modulators of neural functions -- Phosphoinostides -- Lysophosphatidate and lysolipids -- polyunsaturated fatty acids and bioactive derivatives -- Platelet-activating factor -- Anandamide and acylethanolamides -- 2 arachidonylglycerol -- Sphingoids -- Sulfatides -- Gangliosides -- Steroids -- Protein lipid anchors -- Diet, brain lipids and brain functions -- Polyunsaturated fatty acids -- Choline -- Alcohol -- Neural lipids in dysfunctions and diseases -- Phospholipase A2 and neurodegeneration -- Oxidative stress and lipid peroxydation -- Anoxia, ischemia and reperfusion -- Lipids in Altzheimers disease brain -- Parkinsons disease -- Multiple sclerosis -- ALS -- Peroxisomal disorders -- Sphingolipid-inherited diseases of the CNS -- Tumors -- knock out animal models. |