PMID: 15374434Jul 1, 1991Paper

Age-related changes in brain and spinal cord lipids of the male garden lizard

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
P V Manibabu, B K Patnaik

Abstract

The lipid composition (cholesterol, phospholipid triglyceride and fatty acids) of brain and spinal cord of the male garden lizard was traced during maturation and ageing. The total brain cholesterol content of both the tissues showed a significant rise during maturation, remaining almost constant thereafter. The free cholesterol content of the brain increased between middle and old age and that of the spinal cord increased during maturation. The esterified cholesterol content of the brain increased during maturation, the same parameter being not age-dependent in the spinal cord. While in the brain the phospholipid content increased during maturation followed by a decrease in old age, it showed a reverse trend in the spinal cord. The level of triglyceride in the brain declined during maturation followed by an increase in old age with no appreciable age change in the spinal cord. A comparison between young and old age-groups revealed a decrease in fatty acid content of the brain. A similar trend of decline was observed during maturation in the spinal cord. The pattern of age changes in the lipid profile of nervous tissue of the lizard, a non-mammalian vertebrate, almost conform to the pattern observed in a majority of mammals.

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