Complex Carbohydrates of Nervous Tissue

It is only relatively recently that neurochemists and neurobiologists have shown appreciable interest in the class of macromolecules now generally re­ ferred to as complex carbohydrates, although gangliosides were, of course, first identified and studied in brain. The glycosaminoglycans fell chiefly within the province of connective-tissue biochemists, and earlier informa­ tion concerning the stru...