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The Effects of Brain Iron Deficiency on Cognitive and Behavioral Aspects

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Iron Deficiency and Overload

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• Brain iron deficiency induced structural and functional changes in the brain.

• Brain iron deficiency reduced cognitive and learning capacities in animal and human.

• Iron deficiency is the most prevalent in the world.

• Early iron deficiency might induce longlasting behavioral consequences despite rehabilitation of the hematological values.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

    S. Yehuda

  2. Departments of Psychology and Criminology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

    S. Rabinovitz

  3. Department of Neurology, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel

    R.L. Carasso

  4. Psychology Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

    D.I. Mostofsky

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Yehuda, S., Rabinovitz, S., Carasso, R., Mostofsky, D. (2009). The Effects of Brain Iron Deficiency on Cognitive and Behavioral Aspects. In: Yehuda, S., Mostofsky, D. (eds) Iron Deficiency and Overload. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-462-9_11

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