Myelin lipid abnormalities in the aspartoacylase-deficient tremor rat

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 138-148

  Wang, Jianfeng ^a   Leone, Paola ^b   Wu, Gusheng ^a   Francis, Jeremy S ^b   Li, Hong ^a   Jain, Mohit Raja ^a   Serikawa, Tadao ^c   Ledeen, Robert W ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspartoacylase; Axon myelin interaction; Myelin lipids; Myelin localized enzymes; N acetylaspartate; Tremor rat

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ASPARTOACYLASE; CEREBROSIDE; FATTY ACID; HYDROLASE; INDICATOR; LIPID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; MYELIN; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PLASMALOGEN; SULFATIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; FETUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPOGENESIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTATION; MYELIN DEFICIENCY; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CELL; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CANAVAN DISEASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LIPIDS; MYELIN SHEATH; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 58149462491     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-008-9726-5     Document Type: Article

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