Biochemistry and molecular biology of neural lipids: General Aspects -- Advances in lipid analysis/lipidomics -- Metabolism and enzymology of Glycerolipids -- Metabolism and enzymology of Sphingolipids -- Metabolism and enzymology of Cholesterol and steroids -- In vivo metabolic studies -- Lipid metabolism in brain development and aging -- Cellular and Subcellular localization of neural lipids -- Nuclear lipids and their signaling functions -- Mitochondrial lipids -- Synaptic Junctions -- Lipid rafts -- Myelin -- Growth Cones -- Functions of Neural Lipids -- Lipid mediators:general aspects -- Choline and ethanolamine phosphoglycerides -- Phosophoinositides -- Sphingoinds/Sphingomyelin -- The endocannabinoids system and its manifold central action -- Lipid mediators and modulators of neural functions -- Phosphoinostides -- Lysophosphatidate and lysolipids -- polyunsaturated fatty acids and bioactive derivatives -- Platelet-activating factor -- Anandamide and acylethanolamides -- 2 arachidonylglycerol -- Sphingoids -- Sulfatides -- Gangliosides -- Steroids -- Protein lipid anchors -- Diet, brain lipids and brain functions -- Polyunsaturated fatty acids -- Choline -- Alcohol -- Neural lipids in dysfunctions and diseases -- Phospholipase A2 and neurodegeneration -- Oxidative stress and lipid peroxydation -- Anoxia, ischemia and reperfusion -- Lipids in Altzheimers disease brain -- Parkinsons disease -- Multiple sclerosis -- ALS -- Peroxisomal disorders -- Sphingolipid-inherited diseases of the CNS -- Tumors -- knock out animal models.