Importance of zinc in the central nervous system: The zinc-containing neuron

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 130, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Frederickson, Christopher J ^a,c   Suh, Sang Won ^a   Silva, David ^b   Frederickson, Cathy J ^a   Thompson, Richard B ^d  

^a NeuroBioTex Inc   (United States)

^b MICROFAB TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Excitotoxicity GABA; Glutamate; Metallothionein; Zinc containing neurons

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; ZINC;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0004608219     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.5.1471s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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