noun
- A lipid compound found in nerve tissue, consisting of a fatty acid, a sugar, and a long-chain amino alcohol; a type of sphingolipid.
Usage: technical; biochemistry
Examples
- Cerebrosides are major components of the myelin sheath that insulates nerve fibers.
- The accumulation of cerebrosides in the brain can lead to certain lysosomal storage diseases.
- Researchers studied how cerebrosides affect cell signaling in the nervous system.
- Cerebrosides contain glucose or galactose as their carbohydrate moiety.
- The structure of cerebrosides makes them essential for proper brain function.