Mineral composition of and the relationships between them of human basal ganglia in very old age

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-29

  Tohno, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tohno, Setsuko ^a   Azuma, Cho ^b   Minami, Takeshi ^c   Ke, Lining ^d   Ongkana, Nutcharin ^a   Sinthubua, Apichat ^a   Mahakkanukrauh, Pasuk ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Basal ganglia; Calcium; Caudate nucleus; Globus pallidus; Iron; Magnesium; Phosphorus; Putamen

Indexed keywords

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

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL DENSITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PUTAMEN; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BASAL GANGLIA; CADAVER; CALCIUM; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MALE; PHOSPHORUS; PUTAMEN; SEX FACTORS; SODIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 84871925420     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-012-9535-1     Document Type: Article

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