Anatomical Region Differences and Age-Related Changes in Copper, Zinc, and Manganese Levels in the Human Brain

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 190-201

  Ramos, Patrícia ^a   Santos, Agostinho ^b,c,d,e   Pinto, Nair Rosas ^b   Mendes, Ricardo ^b   Magalhães, Teresa ^a,b,c,d   Almeida, Agostinho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d University of Porto   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aging; Copper; Human brain; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Manganese; Postmortem analysis; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; PONS; PUTAMEN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; COPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANGANESE; MIDDLE AGED; PUTAMEN; ZINC;

EID: 84911003771     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-014-0093-6     Document Type: Article

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