Expression of the neuronal transferrin receptor is age dependent and susceptible to iron deficiency

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 398, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 420-430

  Moos, Torben ^a   Oates, Phillip S ^b   Morgan, Evan H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Choroid plexus; Developing brain; Metabolism; Neurodegenerative disorders; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; HABENULA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IRON; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0032585035     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980831)398:3<420::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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