Zinc Metabolism in the Brain: Relevance to Human Neurodegenerative Disorders

Zinc is an important trace element in biology. An important pool of zinc in the brain is the one present in synaptic vesicles in a subgroup of glutamatergic neurons. In this form it can be released by electrical stimulation and may serve to modulate responses at receptors for a number of different n...

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Main Authors: Math P. Cuajungco, Gordon J. Lees
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1997-01-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996197901637