'UnZIPPING' zinc protects hippocampal neurons

Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 18:00 in Biology & Nature

Zinc ions released at the junction between two neurons (called a synapse) are important signals, but when too much zinc accumulates, cells become dysfunctional or die.

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