Hot topics in neural membrane lipidology
By: Akhlaq A. Farooqui
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780387096926
Other titles: Neural membrane lipidology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Neural membranes: a Pandora's box of lipid mediators; title: Interplay among glycerophospholipid, sphingolipid, and cholesterol-derived lipid mediators in brain: a matter of life and death; title: Janus face of phospholipase A₂: role of phospholipase A₂ in neural cell survival and death; title: Glycerophospholipid metabolism in the nucleus: cross talk among phospholipase A₂, phospholipase C and phospholipase D; title: Ether glycerophospholipids: the workhorse lipids of neural membranes; title: Excitotoxicity-mediated neurochemical changes in neurological disorders; title: Recent developments on kainate-mediated neurotoxicity and their association with generation of lipid mediators; title: Beneficial effects of docosahexaenoic acid on health of the human brain; title: Effects of statins and n-3 fatty acids on heart and brain tissues: the clash of the titans; title: Apoptosis and necrosis in brain: contribution of glycerophospholipid, sphingolipid, and cholesterol-derived lipid mediators; title: Perspective and directions for future developments on glycerophospholipid-, sphingolipid-, and cholesterol-derived lipid mediators.