Enhanced zinc consumption causes memory deficits and increased brain levels of zinc

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 793-803

  Flinn, J M ^a   Hunter, D ^b   Linkous, D H ^a   Lanzirotti, A ^c,d   Smith, L N ^a   Brightwell, J ^a,e   Jones, B F ^f  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantis platform; Biometals; Brain concentrations of zinc; Cognitive deficits; Drinking water; Learning; Morris Water Maze; Rats; Spatial memory; Synchrotron X ray fluorescence; Thigmotaxicity; Working memory; Zinc

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 11844298397     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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