title: Getting to the root of hydrocephalus.
abstract: The blood-borne lipid lysophosphatidic acid and its receptor contribute to fetal-onset hydrocephalus, a severe neurological disorder of newborns.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery and Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA. pat.mcallister@hsc.utah.edu
authors: James P
authors: JP
authors: McAllister
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology*; D008246:Lysophospholipids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D008246:Lysophospholipids; C032881:lysophosphatidic acid