Iron and ferritin in hippocampal cortex and substantia nigra in human brain - Implications for the possible role of iron in dementia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 31-34

  Friedman, Andrzej ^a   Galazka Friedman, Jolanta ^b   Bauminger, Erika R ^c   Koziorowski, Dariusz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; ELISA; Hippocampal cortex; Iron; M ssbauer spectroscopy; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON METABOLISM; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TISSUE SECTION;

AGED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FERRITINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SPECTROSCOPY, MOSSBAUER; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 33750443629     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.05.056     Document Type: Article

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