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Biochemistry of Brain
- 1st Edition - October 22, 2013
- Editor: Sudhir Kumar
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 5 3 5 9 - 9
Biochemistry of Brain is a collection of articles dealing with the developments in the biochemistry of the brain. This book gives a comprehensive and critical discussion of… Read more
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Request a sales quoteBiochemistry of Brain is a collection of articles dealing with the developments in the biochemistry of the brain. This book gives a comprehensive and critical discussion of important developments in studies concerning the above subject. This text discusses the structure, function, and metabolism of glycosphingolipids, which are related to the study of sphingolipid storage diseases. Inborn defects of metabolism are found in Gaucher's and Fabry's disease, which are characterized by lipid accumulation in the brain. Another paper reviews the chemical and genetics of critically lysosomal hydrolase deficiencies that can cause the storage of sphingolipids. This book then explains the role of myelin basic protein in lipids in vivo that the weak bonding of the protein is not a major component of myelin stability. Another paper discusses the procedures for isolating subfractions of myelin and myelin-related membranes, with some attention given on the alterations in the subfractionation of myelin in pathological hypomyelinating and demyelinating conditions. Another article discusses the biochemical and enzymatic composition of lysosomes and the biosynthesis, intracellular transport, storage, and the degradation of lysosomal constituents. This collection of papers will benefit scientists doing research in microbiology, microchemistry, molecular genetics, and neurochemistry.
Preface
Structure, Function and Metabolism of Glycosphingolipids
Metabolic Disorders in Sphingolipidoses
Myelin Basic Protein: What Does it Do?
The Biochemical and Morphological Heterogeneity of Myelin and Myelin-Related Membranes
Folate Metabolism in Brain
Vitamin B12 and the Nervous System
Brain Biogenic Amines in Mental Dysfunctions Attributable to Thyroid Hormone Abnormalities
Brain Specific Proteins
Brain Nucleic Acids
Free Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids during Brain Development
Transfer RNAs in Brain
Molecular Biological Aspects of Degeneration of the Nervous
System Caused by Aging and Sensory Deprivation
Nutrition and Amino Acid Imbalance as Factors Influencing Brain Development
Brain Amino Acids
Molecular Neurobiology of Memory
Neural Tissue Culture : a Biochemical Tool
Neurotoxic Effects of Heavy Metals and Metalloid's
Aminotransferases and the Developing Brain
Role of Cyclic AMP in Developing Brain
Protein Phosphorylation—Involvement in Brain Function
Nerve Growth Factor
Brain Lyosomes and Lysosomal Enzymes
Specificity of CNS Myelin Proteolipid Protein and Basic Protein
Index
- No. of pages: 634
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Pergamon
- eBook ISBN: 9781483153599
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Sudhir Kumar
Dr. Sudhir Kumar is currently working as a Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India.
He completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s from Panjab University, Chandigarh. He then joined Thapar University, Patiala as a CSIR Fellow and completed his doctorate in Biotechnology. During Ph.D. his work was focused on bioremediation and biofuel production. He joined Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, USA as a postdoctoral research associate. His research work is focused on biofuels production from food and agricultural waste, bioleaching of precious metals from e-waste and industrial enzymes. He is actively involved in training and educating the students and general public to promote technology extension in the area of biogas from municipal solid waste and agricultural residues. He has worked on various sponsored research projects and at present is working as a PI in three projects with one of the projects focused on Biohydrogen production from Pine needles.Affiliations and expertise
Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaRead Biochemistry of Brain on ScienceDirect