Long-lasting neural and behavioral effects of iron deficiency in infancy

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 64, Issue 5 SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Lozoff, Betsy ^a   Beard, John ^b   Connor, James ^c   Felt, Barbara ^a   Georgieff, Michael ^d   Schallert, Timothy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Brain development; Infants; Iron deficiency; Monkeys; Rodents

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SOCIAL ASPECT; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; DISEASE MODEL; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLISM; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; IRON;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; MENTAL DISORDERS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS;

EID: 33745502924     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 00296643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2006.may.S34-S43     Document Type: Review

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