Changes in weight and compositions of major membrane components of human brain during the span of adult human life of Swedes

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 345-352

  Svennerholm, Lars ^a,b   Boström, Kerstin ^a   Jungbjer, Birgitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Mölndals Sjukhus ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing; Brain weight; Gangliosides; Myelin lipids; Proteins

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; CEREBROSIDE; CHOLESTEROL; GANGLIOSIDE; MYELIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFATIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTEINS; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS;

EID: 0030868794     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050717     Document Type: Article

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