Brain does not utilize low density lipoprotein-cholesterol during fetal and neonatal development in the sheep

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1953-1961

  Turley, Stephen D ^a   Burns, Dennis K ^a   Rosenfeld, Charles R ^a   Dietschy, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

blood brain barrier; central nervous system; cholesterol; low density lipoprotein receptor; myelination

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; LIPID TRANSPORT; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ADRENAL GLANDS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; ORGAN SIZE; RECEPTORS, LDL; SHEEP;

EID: 0029795699     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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