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
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.