Neonatal iron deficiency results in irreversible changes in dopamine function in rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1174-1179

  Beard, John ^a   Erikson, Keith M ^a   Jones, Byron C ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Dopamine receptors; Dopamine transporter; Iron deficiency; Prefrontal cortex; Rats

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; IRON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MONOAMINE METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037384533     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.4.1174     Document Type: Article

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