A morphological study of the developmentally regulated transport of iron into the brain

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 99-105

  Moos, Torben ^b   Morgan, Evan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Ferritin; Histochemistry; Iron; Transferrin; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IRON TRANSPORT; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FERRITINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON; NEUROGLIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0036970417     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065702     Document Type: Article

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