Effect of long-term feeding with acetyl-L-carnitine on the age-related changes in rat brain lipid composition: A study by 31P NMR spectroscopy

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 395-399

  Aureli, Tommaso ^a   Di Cocco, Maria Enrica ^b   Capuani, Giorgio ^a   Ricciolini, Rita ^a   Manetti, Cesare ^b   Miccheli, Alfredo ^b   Conti, Filippo ^b  

^a Sigma Tau SpA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetyl L carnitine; Aging; Brain; Cholesterol; NMR spectroscopy; Sphingomyelin

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LEVACECARNINE; PHOSPHATIDIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; SPHINGOMYELIN;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; FEEDING; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCARNITINE; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPHINGOMYELINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034062617     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007501306623     Document Type: Article

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