Sex and Genetics are Important Cofactors in Assessing the Impact of Iron Deficiency on the Developing Mouse Brain

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 323-335

  Morse, Andrew C ^a,b   Beard, John L ^a   Azar, Marc R ^a   Jones, Byron C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Development; Genetics; Iron deficiency; Mice; Sex; Strain

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0001245198     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1028415X.1999.11747287     Document Type: Article

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