Anatomical Regional Differences in Selenium Levels in the Human Brain

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 89-96

  Ramos, Patrícia ^a   Santos, Agostinho ^a,b,c,d   Pinto, Nair Rosas ^b   Mendes, Ricardo ^b   Magalhães, Teresa ^a,b,c   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 MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aging; Human brain; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Post mortem analysis; Selenium

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARKINSON DISEASE; PUTAMEN; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SELENIUM;

EID: 84922102423     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-014-0160-z     Document Type: Article

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