ZincBrain (IMAGE)

West Virginia University

ZincBrain

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Charles Anderson, assistant professor at WVU, equates the essential mineral zinc to a volume knob in many parts of the brain, and recently led a study looking at the roles it plays in the organ’s function.

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WVU Illustration/Aira Burkhart

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