Iron Deficiency and Overload

1. The Cellular Physiology of Iron
Gregory J. Anderson, Christopher D. Vulpe

2. Regulation of Iron Absorption and Distribution
Gladys Oluyemisi Latunde-Dada, Robert J. Simpson

3. The Role of Hepcidin in Iron Homeostasis
Tomas Ganz

4. Iron as Nutrient: Strategies for Iron Acquisition and Usage by Pathogenic Microorganisms
Eric Massé, Peter D. Pawelek

5. Iron as a Drug and Drug–Drug Interactions
Tracy M. Hagemann, Teresa V. Lewis

6. Iron Deficiency and Excess in the Brain: Implications for Cognitive Impairment and Neurodegeneration
Moussa B.H. Youdim, Manfred Gerlach, Peder Riederer

7. Brain Iron Deposition in Aging and Disease: Role of HO-1
Hyman M. Schipper

8. Iron Deficiency and Neuropharmacology
Laura Bianco, Erica Unger, John Beard

9. Peripheral Effects of Iron Deficiency
Daniel B. Costa, Reed E. Drews

10. Iron-Metabolism in Neurons of the Motor System of the Central Nervous System: Lessons from Iron Deficiency and Overloading Pathologies
Torben Moos

11. The Effects of Brain Iron Deficiency on Cognitive and Behavioral Aspects
S. Yehuda, S. Rabinovitz, R.L. Carasso, D.I. Mostofsky

12. Stress, Immunology, and Cytokines
Dvora Sredni-Kenigsbuch

13. MRI of Brain Iron and Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Potential Biomarker
John F. Schenck

14. Alzheimer’s Dementia
Seema Gulyani, Mark P. Mattson

15. Inherited Disorders of Brain Iron Homeostasis
Hyman M. Schipper, Prem Ponka

16. Iron and Heart Disease: A Review of the Epidemiologic Data
Christopher T. Sempos, Anne C. Looker, Daniel L. McGee, Jürgen Rehm

17. Global Concept of Iron Deficiency
S.M. Lewis, J.C. Emmanuel

18. Nutritional Iron Deficiency in Early Childhood
Robert J.D. Moy

19. Iron and Women’s Health
Adrianne Bendich, Ronit Zilberboim

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Clinical Nutrition, Public Health/Gesundheitswesen, Nutrition, Food Science