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Zinc deficiency and psychiatric disorders is a novel field of research. Zinc is an essential mineral that may be lacking in processed or vegetarian diets.[1] Biosystems have no special zinc storage capability, so zinc must be ingested regularly.[1][2] Zinc is involved in the brain and body’s response to stress.[1] 300 or more metalloenzymes in the human body utilize zinc, in processes like DNA synthesis, protein synthesis and cell division.[1][3] Zinc ions are an integral component of DNA and RNA polymerase[4] and Zinc finger receptor motifs are vital in cell signaling. Zinc concentrations in the mammalian central nervous system accumulate mostly in the hippocampus and cortical gray matter of the brain.[5][6] Zinc-containing neurons accumulate at the presynaptic vesicles and then release the ions. All zinc-containing neurons are glutamatergic, but not all neurons contain the metal.[7] Zinc transporter 1 (ZnT-1) pumps zinc out of the post-synaptic vesicles while zinc transporter 3 (ZnT-3) serves to pump the zinc in the synaptic vesicles.[8][9] Zinc has anti-inflammatory and anti-depressant activity.[10]
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