Contents include: 'Biochemistry and molecular biology of neural lipids', 'Advances in lipid analysis/lipidomics', 'Metabolism and enzymology of glycerolipids', 'Lipid metabolism in brain development and aging', 'Cellular and subcellular localization of neural lipids', and much more.
Edited by:
Guido Tettamanti,
Gianfrancesco Goracci
Editor-in-chief:
Abel Lajtha
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd ed. 2009
Dimensions:
Height: 242mm,
Width: 170mm,
Spine: 41mm
Weight: 1.465kg
ISBN: 9780387303451
ISBN 10: 0387303456
Pages: 758
Publication Date: 27 October 2009
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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.
