Perinatal iron deficiency and neurocognitive development

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Radlowski, Emily C ^a   Johnson, Rodney W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Hippocampus; Iron deficiency; Learning; Memory; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FERRITIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; COGNITION; DENTATE GYRUS; DIETARY INTAKE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON METABOLISM; LEARNING; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PUTAMEN; RED NUCLEUS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY SYSTEM; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 84884696816     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00585     Document Type: Review

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