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The Role of Zinc in Alzheimer's Disease

Zinc, the most abundant trace metal in the brain, has numerous functions, both in health and in disease. Zinc is released into the synaptic cleft of glutamatergic neurons alongside glutamate from where it interacts and modulates NMDA and AMPA receptors. In addition, zinc has multifactorial functions...

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Autores principales: Watt, Nicole T., Whitehouse, Isobel J., Hooper, Nigel M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3010690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21197404
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/971021