Iron uptake in the brain of the myelin-deficient rat.

doi:10.1016/0304-3940(93)90203-w

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Iron uptake in the brain of the myelin-deficient rat.

Neuroscience letters - 14 May 1993

Gocht A, Keith A B, Candy J M, Morris C M

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The role of oligodendrocyte-derived transferrin in the transport and regional accumulation of iron has been studied in myelin-deficient (md) rats, which lack functional oligodendrocytes and have an almost complete depletion of transferrin in the brain, although they have normal peripheral levels...

Topics

Animals
Autoradiography
Brain
Demyelinating Diseases
Iron
Iron Radioisotopes
Male
Mutation
Oligodendroglia
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Transferrin

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