Role of zinc in the development and treatment of mood disorders

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 685-689

  Cope, Elise C ^a   Levenson, Cathy W ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anhedonia; anxiety; depression; hippocampus; zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC CHLORIDE; ZINC SULFATE;

ANHEDONIA; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; ZINC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78149283354     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e32833df61a     Document Type: Review

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