CHRONIC ZINC-DEFICIENCY ALTERS NEURONAL FUNCTION OF HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBERS

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HESSE, GW
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[1] Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge
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10.1126/science.224456
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Low-frequency stimulation of hippocampal mossy fiber axons in zincdeficient adult rats produced synoptic responses that declined in amplitude with successive stimuli. This response decrement is abnormal and suggests that the heavy deposits of zinc in mossy fiber boutons are important for synoptic transmission.
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