Analysis of oxysterols and cholesterol in prefrontal cortex of suicides

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1241-1249

  Freemantle, Erika ^a,b   Chen, Gary Gang ^b   Cruceanu, Cristiana ^a,b   Mechawar, Naguib ^b   Turecki, Gustavo ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain lipids; cholesterol; neurodegeneration; oxysterols; suicide

Indexed keywords

24 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 27 HYDROXYSTEROL; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTANETRIOL 26 MONOOXYGENASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; LIVER X RECEPTOR; OXYGENASE; OXYSTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP27A1 GENE; CYP46A1 GENE; DEPRESSION; ENZYME METABOLISM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; TURNOVER TIME;

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHOLESTEROLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTORS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUICIDE;

EID: 84878857960     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145712001587     Document Type: Article

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