Zinc homeostasis and neurodegenerative disorders
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Zinc homeostasis and neurodegenerative disorders
Zinc is an essential trace element, whose importance to the function of the central nervous system (CNS) is increasingly being appreciated. Alterations in zinc dyshomeostasis has been suggested as a key factor in the development of several neuropsychiatric disorders. In the CNS, zinc occurs in two forms: the first being tightly bound to proteins and, secondly, the free, cytoplasmic, or extracel...
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1Life, Health and Environmental Science Department, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy 2Neuropsychology Unit, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00179 Rome, Italy 3School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, West Midlands B15, UK 4Division of Behavioral Neurology, Department of Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1663-4365
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2013.00033