noun
- A group of lipids found in nerve tissue, consisting of a fatty acid, a sugar, and a long-chain amino alcohol; a type of sphingolipid.
Usage: technical; biochemistry; plural form of cerebroside
Examples
- Cerebrosides are major components of myelin, the insulating sheath around nerve fibers.
- The accumulation of cerebrosides in the brain can lead to certain lysosomal storage diseases.
- Researchers studied how cerebrosides affect neural cell communication.
- Cerebrosides play an important role in the structure and function of the nervous system.
- The concentration of cerebrosides varies across different regions of the brain.