“…The total lipid concentration was estimated to range from 10.3 to 12.5 μg.mL −1 (Irani 2009). Two major lipid families corresponding to phospholipids and cholesterol derivatives represent approximatively 80 % of total lipids in the CSF with concentrations close to 5 and 4 μg.mL −1 , respectively (Tourtellotte 1959;Tichy et al 1970;Illingworth and Glover 1971). Regarding phospholipids, lysolecithin (i.e., lysophosphatidylcholine, or LPC), lecithin (i.e., phosphatidylcholine, or PC), cephalin (i.e., phosphatidylethanolamine, or PE), and sphingomyelin species represent 6.7, 54, 17.6, and 20.3 % of total lipids in CSF, respectively.…”