Neurological disorder and excessive accumulation of calcium in brain of clinically vitamin A-deficient rats

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 57-64

  Rahmam, Ahmed S ^a   Kimura, Mieko ^a   Yokoi, Katsuhiko ^a   Naher, Tanvir E ^a   Itokawa, Yoshinori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

calcium accumulation in brain; mineral; neurological disorder; Rats; tissues; vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; RETINOL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; MAGNESIUM METABOLISM; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONISM; RAT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029765575     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02784545     Document Type: Article

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