The role of ceramides in selected brain pathologies: ischemia/hypoxia, Alzheimer disease
Ceramides, members of the sphingolipids, are produced in the central nervous system by de novo synthesis, sphingomyelin hydrolysis or the so-called salvage pathway. They are engaged in formation of lipid rafts that are essential in regulation and transduction of signals coming to the cell from the...
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Language: | English |
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Index Copernicus International S.A.
2012-05-01
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Series: | Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej |
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Online Access: | http://journals.indexcopernicus.com/fulltxt.php?ICID=999024 |