Survival of adult neurons lacking cholesterol synthesis <it>in vivo</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cholesterol, an essential component of all mammalian plasma membranes, is highly enriched in the brain. Both during development and in the adult, brain cholesterol is derived from local cholesterol synthesis and not taken up from the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Neuroscience |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/8/1 |