Is magnetite involved in the formation of neurodegenerative diseases?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 391-

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

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Fuglehauggt 10   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; FERROUS ION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MAGNETITE; NANOCRYSTAL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN CELL; CYTOPLASM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; IRON METABOLISM DISORDER; IRON OVERLOAD; LETTER; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; HUMANS; IRON; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS;

EID: 72449129444     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.09.023     Document Type: Letter

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