Twenty five years of the 'Psychosine Hypothesis': A personal perspective of its history and present status

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-259

  Suzuki, Kunihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Krabbe disease; Lyso sphingolipid; Pathogenesis; Psychosine; Sphingolipidosis

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE; PSYCHOSINE; SPHINGOLIPID;

GAUCHER DISEASE; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; HUMAN; LIPIDOSIS; METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LEUKODYSTROPHY, GLOBOID CELL; PSYCHOSINE;

EID: 0031932297     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022436928925     Document Type: Review

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