Iodine Deficiency and the Brain: Effects and Mechanisms

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 2695-2713

  Redman, Kahla ^a   Ruffman, Ted ^a   Fitzgerald, Penelope ^a   Skeaff, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cognition; development; goitre; Iodine; thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; HORMONES; IODINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC EXPRESSIONS; GOITRE; INTEGRAL COMPONENTS; MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS; THYROID HORMONES;

FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING;

IODINE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; COGNITION; DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IODINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICRONUTRIENTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84983081982     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2014.922042     Document Type: Article

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