Simona Vuletic, M.D.
Dr. Vuletic is Acting Assistant Professor of Medicine, Northwest Lipid Metabolism and Diabetes Research Laboratories, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Within the past 12 months Dr. Vuletic reports no commercial conflicts of interest.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, CCME staff and interMDnet staff have nothing to disclose.
Release Date: 12/14/2010
Termination Date: 12/14/2013
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).
Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of
1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education to provide continuing medical
education for physicians.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this Cyberounds
®, you should be able to:
- List basic differences between systemic and brain lipoprotein systems
- Describe the origins of apolipoproteins and lipoproteins in the brain
- Discuss physiological relevance of lipoprotein transfer and recycling in the brain
- Apply their overview of the roles of specific apolipoproteins in the brain to physiological and pathophysiological processes.
