Posted on 10/05/2011 4:53:08 PM PDT by decimon
Research gives insight into 50-year-old mystery -- zinc important for learning and memory
Zinc plays a critical role in regulating how neurons communicate with one another, and could affect how memories form and how we learn. The new research, in the current issue of Neuron, was authored by Xiao-an Zhang, now a chemistry professor at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC), and colleagues at MIT and Duke University.
Researchers have been trying to pin down the role of zinc in the brain for more than fifty years, ever since scientists found high concentrations of the chemical in synaptic vesicles, a portion of the neuron that stores neurotransmitters. But it was hard to determine just what zinc's function was.
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Not Zinc alone. Zinc, B6, B12 and Magnesium are essential for proper brain functioning. (Probably much more)
These ingredients help some people with dementia. They also help some older (hee hee) citizens with slow recall. As I call it my “random access” memory.
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Then you set a sterling example.
I admire your ability to palladium many FReepers.
I keep my iron them.
Aluminium is, we like virtual reality because the screen can’t sneak up from behind.
Most interesting. And so many people are deficient!
No, I don't think it gets a lot of research, probably because the simplicity of the treatment misleads people to believe it "isn't worthy" of a lot of research. Look up Dr. Abram Hoffer, as well as Joan Matthews Lawrence, who has a clinic in Minnesota that specializes in brain-chemistry disorders. The "simple" treatment has been a Godsend for me.
You might be right about the reason for the lack of studies.
I’m not so sure about the description at the kryptopyrrole-site, but it is a fact that low levels of Zn and B6 is bad for the brain (and other parts of the body)
You might find some interesting articles at http://www.crimetimes.org/issues.htm#new about chemistry and the brain.
Thanks AdmSmith.
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