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Zinc: the new antidepressant?Cathy W Levenson
Program in Neuroscience, Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, 237 Biomedical Research Facility, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4340, USA
Nutr Rev 64:39-42. 2006..With the hope of understanding the role of zinc in mood disorders, recent work has begun to explore possible mechanisms of zinc action on serotonin uptake in the brain...- Response of rat adrenal neuropeptide Y and tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA to acute stress is enhanced by long-term voluntary exerciseC W Levenson
Department of Nutrition, Food and Movement Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306 4340, USA
Neurosci Lett 242:177-9. 1998..01). These results suggest that long-term physical activity may enhance the ability to synthesize NPY and catecholamines under conditions of stress... - Role of dietary iron restriction in a mouse model of Parkinson's diseaseCathy W Levenson
Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Exp Neurol 190:506-14. 2004.... - Zinc supplementation: neuroprotective or neurotoxic?Cathy W Levenson
Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306 4340, USA
Nutr Rev 63:122-5. 2005..Therefore, the development of new zinc-based therapeutic strategies will need to consider the emerging roles of zinc in the central nervous system... - Trace metal regulation of neuronal apoptosis: from genes to behaviorCathy W Levenson
Program in Neuroscience and Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4340, USA
Physiol Behav 86:399-406. 2005..In this review, we show the relationship between these metals in neurodegenerative disorders and CNS injury, and the mechanisms that govern neuronal survival and apoptosis... - Too much of a good thing? Update on fish consumption and mercury exposureCathy W Levenson
Program in Neuroscience and the Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 4340, USA
Nutr Rev 64:139-45. 2006.... - Regulation of the NMDA receptor: implications for neuropsychological developmentCathy W Levenson
Program in Neuroscience and Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, 237 Biomedical Research Facility, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4340, USA
Nutr Rev 64:428-32. 2006..This is particularly important in the hippocampus, a region of the brain involved in learning and memory, and is an intriguing link to the role of zinc in neuropsychological development... - Eat less, live longer? New insights into the role of caloric restriction in the brainCathy W Levenson
Florida State University, Program in Neuroscience, Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, 237 Biomedical Research Facility, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4340, USA
Nutr Rev 65:412-5. 2007.... 
Nutritionally regulated biomarkers for breast cancerCathy W Levenson
Program in Neuroscience and Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 4340, USA
Nutr Rev 66:163-6. 2008....- Gestational vitamin D deficiency: long-term effects on the brainCathy W Levenson
Program in Neuroscience and Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 4340, USA
Nutr Rev 66:726-9. 2008..These data are particularly relevant in light of new work showing a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in humans... - Iron and ageing: an introduction to iron regulatory mechanismsCathy W Levenson
Program in Neuroscience and Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, 237 Biomedical Research Facility, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4340, USA
Ageing Res Rev 3:251-63. 2004.... - Mechanisms of copper conservation in organsC W Levenson
Department of Nutrition, Food and Movement Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306 4340, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 67:978S-981S. 1998..Identification of these mechanisms will allow the exploration of the effects of mild short-term and long-term copper deficiency and the role of copper in other physiologic and biochemical systems... - Effect of altered thyroid hormone status on rat brain ferritin H and ferritin L mRNA during postnatal developmentC W Levenson
Program in Neuroscience and Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4340, USA
Brain Res Dev Brain Res 119:105-9. 2000..Given the distinct functions of ferritin H and L this suggests a role for thyroid hormone in the ability of the brain to regulate stored vs. utilizable iron during critical periods of development... - Tumor suppressor protein p53 mRNA and subcellular localization are altered by changes in cellular copper in human Hep G2 cellsV S Narayanan
Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4340, USA
J Nutr 131:1427-32. 2001..However, TEPA treatment did not result in a loss of cell viability or appear to induce apoptosis... - Regulation of mitochondrial cytochrome b mRNA by copper in cultured human hepatoma cells and rat liverC W Levenson
Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306 4340, USA
Biol Trace Elem Res 70:149-64. 1999..These data suggest a role for cytochrome b in the response to increases or decreases in hepatic copper... - Neuropeptide Y modulates excitatory synaptic transmission in the olfactory bulbL J Blakemore
Program in Neuroscience, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4340, USA
Neuroscience 138:663-74. 2006..Together, these data suggest that neuropeptide Y inhibits excitatory neurotransmission between olfactory bulb neurons via a presynaptic effect on transmitter (glutamate) release... - Zinc inhibits the nuclear translocation of the tumor suppressor protein p53 and protects cultured human neurons from copper-induced neurotoxicityJacob W VanLandingham
Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306-4340, USA
Neuromolecular Med 1:171-82. 2002.... - Zinc deficiency impairs neuronal precursor cell proliferation and induces apoptosis via p53-mediated mechanismsRikki S Corniola
Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
Brain Res 1237:52-61. 2008..These data suggest that zinc plays a role in neurogenesis by regulating p53-dependent molecular mechanisms that control neuronal precursor cell proliferation and survival... - Zinc deficiency induces depression-like symptoms in adult ratsNadine M Tassabehji
Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 4340, United States
Physiol Behav 95:365-9. 2008..05), but was ineffective in ZD rats. Together these studies suggest that zinc deficiency leads to the development of depression-like behaviors that may be refractory to antidepressant treatment... - Regulation of metabolic rate and substrate utilization by zinc deficiencyStephanie A Evans
Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Metabolism 53:727-32. 2004..Thus, while there may be an effect of Zn on locomotion and the energetic cost of activity, it appears that the most profound effect of Zn status on MR and substrate utilization is the result of Zn deficiency-induced anorexia... - Moderate zinc deficiency increases cell death after brain injury in the ratE Carden Yeiser
Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306-4340, USA
Nutr Neurosci 5:345-52. 2002..Thus it appears that adequate zinc status may be necessary to minimize the amount of neuroimmune cell death after brain injury... - Expression profiling of p53-target genes in copper-mediated neuronal apoptosisJacob W VanLandingham
Program in Neuroscience, and Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4340, USA
Neuromolecular Med 7:311-24. 2005..Thus it appears that following copper-mediated neuronal DNA damage, the regulation of a variety of pro- and antiapoptotic genes are responsible for determining neuronal fate... - Effect of retinoic acid on ferritin H expression during brain development and neuronal differentiationJacob W VanLandingham
Program in Neuroscience and Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, 237 Biomedical Research Facility, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4340, USA
Nutr Neurosci 6:39-45. 2003..These data show that RA regulates ferritin H expression during rat brain development and neuronal differentiation and suggests a new role for RA in brain iron metabolism... - Iron and Parkinson's disease: chelators to the rescue?Cathy W Levenson
Florida State University, Program in Neuroscience, Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4340, USA
Nutr Rev 61:311-3. 2003.... - Zinc regulation of food intake: new insights on the role of neuropeptide YCathy W Levenson
Florida State University, Program in Neuroscience, Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, 237 Biomedical Research Facility, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4340, USA
Nutr Rev 61:247-9. 2003..Zinc deficiency may therefore cause anorexia by inhibiting the release of NPY that is required for receptor activation... - Chronic caloric restriction reduces tissue damage and improves spatial memory in a rat model of traumatic brain injuryNicholas J Rich
Program in Neuroscience and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 4300, USA
J Neurosci Res 88:2933-9. 2010..These findings suggest that molecular mechanisms involved in cell survival may play a role in reducing tissue damage and improving cognition after TBI and that these mechanisms can be regulated by dietary interventions...