Regional brain iron, ferritin and transferrin concentrations during iron deficiency and iron repletion in developing rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2030-2038

  Erikson, Keith M ^a   Pinero, Domingo J ^a   Connor, James R ^b   Beard, John L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Ferritin; Iron deficiency anemia; Rats; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030752629     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.10.2030     Document Type: Article

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