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Zinc released from metallothionein-iii may contribute to hippocampal CA1 and thalamic neuronal death following acute brain injury.
Experimental neurology - 1 Nov 2003
Lee Joo-Yong, Kim Jung-Hwan, Palmiter Richard D, Koh Jae-Young
Abstract excerpt
Vesicular zinc was initially considered the sole source of toxic intraneuronal zinc accumulation in response to acute brain injury, but recent evidence suggests that additional sources also exist. Because metallothioneins (MTs) can bind and release zinc, we examined the possibility that the brain-specific form, MT-III, is such a zinc source. After kainate-induced seizures, cytoplasmic zinc accumulation and...
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