Iron status and neural functioning

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue , 2003, Pages 41-58

  Beard, John L ^a   Connor, James R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain iron; Infant behavior; Iron deficiency anemia; Monoamines; Neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; IRON; MYELIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOAMINE METABOLISM; MYELINATION; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; IRON METABOLISM DISORDERS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0041534373     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.23.020102.075739     Document Type: Review

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