Lipids and Oxidative Stress Associated with Ethanol-Induced Neurological Damage

Figure 3

The role of lipids in ethanol-induced damage. Lipid metabolic pathways may be involved in neurodegeneration, such as lipoperoxidation, reduced phosphatidylserine (PS), N-acyl-PE (NAPE), and ceramide/Sph (sphingosine). Some lipids are produced as a compensatory mechanism and they fulfill a protective role, such as c16-ceramide, PS, sphingomyelin (SM), phosphatidyl ethanolamine (PE), and phosphatidylethanol.