Zinc in traumatic brain injury: From neuroprotection to neurotoxicity

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 708-711

  Morris, Deborah R ^a   Levenson, Cathy W ^a,b  

^a Department of Biomedical Sciences ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

behavior; supplementation; traumatic brain injury; ubiquitin; zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPATIAL LEARNING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UBIQUITINATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; CELL DEATH; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; ZINC;

EID: 84886446687     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e328364f39c     Document Type: Review

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