There is increasing evidence that iron is involved in the mechanisms that underlie many
neurodegenerative diseases. Conditions such as neuroferritinopathy and Friedreich ataxia are …

The cuticle is the major barrier against uncontrolled water loss from leaves, fruits and other
primary parts of higher plants. More than 100 mean values for water permeabilities …

Iron is the most abundant metal in the human body (Pollitt and Leibel, 1982; Youdim, 1988),
and the brain, like the liver, contains a substantially higher concentration of iron than of any …

Mood, emotion, cognition, and motor functions as well as circadian and neuroendocrine
rhythms, including food intake, sleep, and reproductive activity, are modulated by the midbrain …

Mobilization of fatty acids from triglyceride stores in adipose tissue requires lipolytic enzymes.
Dysfunctional lipolysis affects energy homeostasis and may contribute to the pathogenesis …

The regional distributions of iron, copper, zinc, magnesium, and calcium in parkinsonian
brains were compared with those of matched controls. In mild Parkinson's disease (PD), there …

We developed the Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI) to estimate climate change vulnerability
in the Mabote and Moma Districts of Mozambique. We surveyed 200 households in each …

Significant differences in the content of iron (III) and total iron were found in post mortem
substantia nigra of Parkinson's disease. There was an increase of 176% in the levels of total …

Arterial thrombosis is considered to arise from the interaction of tissue factor (TF) in the
vascular wall with platelets and coagulation factors in circulating blood. According to this …

Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), i. e., the quantification of serum or plasma concentrations
of medications for dose optimization, has proven a valuable tool for the patient-matched …