Element distribution in visual system, the optic chiasma, lateral geniculate body, and superior colliculus

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-349

  Tohno, Setsuko ^a   Ishizaki, Tsuyoshi ^b   Shida, Yusuke ^b   Tohno, Yoshiyuki ^a   Minami, Takeshi ^c   Mahakkanukrauh, Pasuk ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Lateral geniculate body; Magnesium; Optic chiasma; Phosphorus; Superior colliculus; Visual system

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NITRIC ACID; PERCHLORIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM; SULFUR; ZINC;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BRAIN REGION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MALE; OPTIC CHIASM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; OPTIC CHIASM; PHOSPHORUS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 80051799951     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-010-8794-y     Document Type: Article

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