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A quantitative estimation of cholesterol in the fore-, mid-, hindbrain and in spinal cord of the differentiating central system of chick has been made.
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It is found that in the spinal cord area there is always a higher concentration of cholesterol than in the brain region.
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Concentration of cholesterol increases upto 8 day of incubation and later it gradually decreases.
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The reason for this differential synthesis of cholesterol has been discussed.
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Medda, J., Bose, A. Quantitative estimation of cholesterol in differentiating central nervous system of chick. W. Roux' Archiv f. Entwicklungsmechanik 157, 303–309 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01342359
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