Distinct roles for ceramide and glucosylceramide at different stages of neuronal growth

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2929-2938

  Schwarz, Andreas ^a   Futerman, Anthony H ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

apoptosis; axon growth; ceramide; glucosylceramide; membranes; neuronal differentiation; sphingolipids

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; FUMONISIN B1; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LAMELLIPODIUM; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030953594     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-09-02929.1997     Document Type: Article

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