Iron Deficiency and Overload: From Basic Biology to Clinical Medicine (Paperback, 2010)

I. Iron biochemistry and metabolism 1. The cellular physiology of iron - Anderson GJ. and Vulpe C.D. 2. Regulation of iron absorption and distribution - Latunde-dada,G.O. & Simpson RJ. 3. The role of hepcidin in iron homeostasis - Ganz, T 4. Iron as nutrient: Strategies for iron acquisition and usage by pathogenic microorganisms - Masse E & Pawelek, PD5. Iron as a drug and drug-drug interactions - Hagemann T.M. II. Iron overload and deficiency pathologies 6. Iron Deficiency and Excess in the brain: Implications for Cognitive Impairment and Neurodegeneration - Youdim MBH 7. Brain iron deposition in aging and disease: Role of HO-1 - Schipper HM. 8. Iron Deficiency and Neuropharmacology- Beard J 9. Peripheral effects of Iron Deficiency - Costa D. and Drews a R.E. 10. Iron Metabolism in neurons of the motor systems of the central nervous system: Lessons from Iron Deficiency and Overloading pathologies - Moos T. 11. Learning. Memory and Cognitive functioning - Yehuda, S., Rabinovitz, S., Carasso, R.L. and Mostofsky D.I. 12. Stress , Immunology and Cytokines - Sredni III. Diagnostic & clinical aspects in CNS disorders 13. MRI of brain iron and Neurodegenerative diseases: A Potential Biomarker - Schenck 14. Alzheimer's dementia - M. Mattson and S. Gulyani 15. Inherited disorders of brain iron homeostasis - Schipper, H.M. and P.Ponka IV. Public Health issues 16. Iron and Heart Disease: A Review of the epidemiologic data -Sempos, CT, Looker, AC, and McGee,Sr. DL 17. Global concept of iron deficiency - S.M. Lewis and J. Emmanuel 18. Nutritional Iron deficiency in early childhood- Moy, RJ 19. Iron in Women's Health - A. Bendich and R. Zilberboim Appendix I: Current normal values for bloodlevel of iron constituents - Serica and Kratz A Appendix II: Food sources of iron. - Serica and Kratz