The biosynthesis of cholesterol and other sterols by brain tissue. Distribution in subcellular fractions as a function of time after intracerebral injection of [2-14C]-mevalonic acid.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002845:Chromatography; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008798:Mevalonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013185:Squalene / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013261:Sterols / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism*
D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D013261:Sterols; D013185:Squalene; D002784:Cholesterol; D008798:Mevalonic Acid