TEM investigations of biogenic magnetite extracted from the human hippocampus

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1426, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 212-216

  Schultheiss Grassi, Paola P ^a   Wessiken, Roland ^a   Dobson, Jon ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Maghemite; Magnetite; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

MAGNETITE;

BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; EXTRACTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TECHNIQUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032958861     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(98)00160-3     Document Type: Article

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