Iron and Brain and Cognitive Function across the Lifespan
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 November 2024 | Viewed by 53
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The dependency of proper brain health and function on tightly regulated iron homeostasis has been well established in both human and animal studies. Iron plays a significant role in neurotransmitter synthesis and regulation, myelination, neurogenesis and synaptogenesis, oxygen transport and mitochondrial respiration, and (across the lifespan) oxidative stress. Both human and animal studies have demonstrated the effects of iron level variations on brain structure and function and related measures of perception, attention (including aspects of executive function) and memory, ranging from the effects of deficiency from gestation through midlife to the effects of iron accumulation from early to late adulthood. Moreover, the development and refinement of methods for non-invasive assessment of brain iron and changes in brain iron in humans have opened the possibilities for asking increasingly refined mechanistic questions and connecting human and animal literatures.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to document the current state of the experimental, pre-clinical, clinical and interventional literatures on the relationships between iron and brain and cognitive function across the lifespan. Submissions are invited that describe new experimental and/or interventional work in either humans or animal models; theoretical work, including mathematical and computational modeling; and reviews, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Submissions should relate biological measures of systemic and/or brain iron to measures of the brain structure and/or function and measures of associated perceptual and/or cognitive function. Methodologies reflecting the range of approaches in neuroscience and nutritional science are encouraged, including, but not limited to, genetics, pharmacology, electrophysiology, psychophysiology, eye tracking, EEG, MRI, PET, non-invasive brain stimulation, etc.
Please contact the Guest Editor with any questions. The submission deadline for abstracts is 1 November 2024.
Prof. Dr. Michael Weger
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- iron
- iron deficiency
- iron homeostasis
- central nervous system
- perception
- attention
- memory
- cognition
- infants
- adolescents
- reproductive age women
- menopausal transition
- cognitive impairment
- aging
- oxidative stress
- neurodegenerative disease
