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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1997-01-01
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Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996197901637 |