Are the astrocytes involved in magnetite-based memory?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1072-1073

  Størmer, Fredrik C ^a,b   Laane, C Morten Motzfeldt ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Address: Fuglehauggt 10   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; GLUCOSE; MAGNETITE; NANOPARTICLE; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CRYSTAL; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LETTER; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ASTROCYTES; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

EID: 70449714014     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.05.004     Document Type: Letter

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