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The whole brain and corpus striatum showed reduction in catecholamine, dopamine nor-epinepherine, tyrosine and monoamino oxidase, while tyrosine amino transferase increased in corpus striatum, inspite of reduction in whole brain Suggesting that latent iron deficiency induced irreversible neurotransmitter alterations (Agarwal et al . cited abovel) . These changes were specific to iron deficiency as neurotransmitter alterations in fetal brain due to malnutrition get normalised partially or completely on rehabilitation (Agarwal et al; J Neurochem 1979 & 80).