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Iron Deficiency and Neuropharmacology

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Iron Deficiency and Overload

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Summary

• Iron deficiency alters functioning of the dopaminergic system with effects on both receptors and transporters.

• Early developmental iron deficiency may produce persistent alterations in neural functioning.

• The metabolism of a number of drugs whose target of action is reuptake of monoamines may be dramatically altered by existing brain iron deficiency.

• The expansion of the list of neurotransmitters altered by iron deficiency is likely to grow as new investigations explore adenosine, glutamate, and GABA metabolism.

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Bianco, L., Unger, E., Beard, J. (2009). Iron Deficiency and Neuropharmacology. 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_8

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