Hot Topics in Neural Membrane Lipidology Book

Neural Membranes: A Pandora’s Box of Lipid Mediators.- Interplay among glycerophospholipid, sphingolipid, and cholesterol-derived lipid mediators in brain: a matter of life and death.- Janus face of phospholipase A2: role of phospholipase A2 in neural cell survival and death.- Glycerophospholipid metabolism in the nucleus: cross talk among phospholipase A2, phospholipase C and phospholipase D.- Ether glycerophospholipids: the workhorse lipids of neural membranes.- Excitotoxicity-mediated neurochemical changes in neurological disorders.- Recent developments on kainate-mediated neurotoxicity and their association with generation of lipid mediators.- Beneficial effects of docosahexaenoic acid on health of the human brain.- Effects of statins and n-3 fatty acids on heart and brain tissues: The clash of the titans.- Apoptosis and necrosis in brain: contribution of glycerophospholipid, sphingolipid and cholesterol-derived lipid mediators.- Perspective and directions for future developments on glycerophospholipid-, sphingolipid-, and cholesterol-derived lipid mediators.