Brain iron and behavior of rats are not normalized by treatment of iron deficiency anemia during early development

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 693-701

  Felt, Barbara T ^a   Lozoff, Betsy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; brain; development; iron deficiency anemia; rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RAT; SWIMMING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEANING;

EID: 0030001813     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.3.693     Document Type: Article

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