Ethanol impairs extracellular zinc intake in cultured astrocytes

• Main Authors: Ponsoda i Martí, Xavier, Ballestín Hinojosa, Raúl, Molowny Tudela, Asunción, Marín Muela, María Pilar, Esteban Pretel, Guillermo, Romero, Ana, Renau Piqueras, Jaime, López García, Carlos
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: etanol; zinc; astrocito; cultivo celular; UNESCO::PSICOLOGÍA; Olympus; Orca
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10550/82216

Zinc (Zn) deficiency is present in many physiological and health problems. Among circumstances involved in Zn deficiency, ethanol consumption appears as a prominent cause. In the CNS substantial amounts of Zn appear accumulated in synaptic vesicles of a particular class of neurons: the Zn enriched n...