Beschreibung
InhaltsangabeNeural Membranes: A Pandora's Box of Lipid Mediators.- Interplay among glycerophospholipid, sphingolipid, and cholesterol-derived lipid mediators in brain: a matter of life and death.- Janus face of phospholipase A2: role of phospholipase A2 in neural cell survival and death.- Glycerophospholipid metabolism in the nucleus: cross talk among phospholipase A2, phospholipase C and phospholipase D.- Ether glycerophospholipids: the workhorse lipids of neural membranes.- Excitotoxicity-mediated neurochemical changes in neurological disorders.- Recent developments on kainate-mediated neurotoxicity and their association with generation of lipid mediators.- Beneficial effects of docosahexaenoic acid on health of the human brain.- Effects of statins and n-3 fatty acids on heart and brain tissues: The clash of the titans.- Apoptosis and necrosis in brain: contribution of glycerophospholipid, sphingolipid and cholesterol-derived lipid mediators.- Perspective and directions for future developments on glycerophospholipid-, sphingolipid-, and cholesterol-derived lipid mediators.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Neural Membranes: A Pandora¿s Box of Lipid Mediators.- Interplay among glycerophospholipid, sphingolipid, and cholesterol-derived lipid mediators in brain: a matter of life and death.- Janus face of phospholipase A2: role of phospholipase A2 in neural cell survival and death.- Glycerophospholipid metabolism in the nucleus: cross talk among phospholipase A2, phospholipase C and phospholipase D.- Ether glycerophospholipids: the workhorse lipids of neural membranes.- Excitotoxicity-mediated neurochemical changes in neurological disorders.- Recent developments on kainate-mediated neurotoxicity and their association with generation of lipid mediators.- Beneficial effects of docosahexaenoic acid on health of the human brain.- Effects of statins and n-3 fatty acids on heart and brain tissues: The clash of the titans.- Apoptosis and necrosis in brain: contribution of glycerophospholipid, sphingolipid and cholesterol-derived lipid mediators.- Perspective and directions for future developments on glycerophospholipid-, sphingolipid-, and cholesterol-derived lipid mediators.
Autorenporträt
About the Author: Akhlaq A. Farooqui is a leader in the field of brain phospholipases A2, bioactive ether lipid metabolism, and glutamate-mediated neurotoxicity. He has discovered the stimulation of plasmalogen-selective phospholipase A2 activity in brains from patients with Alzheimer disease, and published cutting edge research on the generation and identification of glycerophospholipid, sphingolipid, and cholesterol-derived lipid mediators in kainic acid neurotoxicity. He has authored three monographs: Glycerophospholipids in Brain: Phospholipase A2 in Neurological Disorders (2007); Neurochemical Aspects of Excitotoxicity (2008); and Metabolism and Functions of Bioactive Ether Lipids in Brain (2008). All monographs are published by Springer, New York.