Marked differences in cholesterol synthesis between neurons and glial cells from postnatal rats

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-134

  Nieweg, Katja ^b   Schaller, Hubert ^c   Pfrieger, Frank W ^a,b  

^a Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Lipid metabolism; Microglia; Neuroglia; Oligodendrocytes; Oxysterols; Sterols

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LANOSTEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 61849180931     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.05917.x     Document Type: Article

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