Ironing out neurodegeneration: Is iron intake important during the teenage years?

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 629-631

  Thompson, Paul M ^a,b   Jahanshad, Neda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; dietary iron; HFE gene; myelination; neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADOLESCENCE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HFE GENE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON THERAPY; NERVE DEGENERATION; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; IRON; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 84861759875     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.12.56     Document Type: Review

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