Dietary Zinc Acts as a Sleep Modulator

While zinc is known to be important for many biological processes in animals at a molecular and physiological level, new evidence indicates that it may also be involved in the regulation of sleep. Recent research has concluded that zinc serum concentration varies with the amount of sleep, while oral...

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Main Authors:	Yoan Cherasse, Yoshihiro Urade
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2017-11-01
Series:	International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:	sleep zinc nutrition brain randomized controlled trial
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/18/11/2334

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spelling	doaj-9dcbc7db4fab40c49d4f13a206a53f6c2020-11-24T20:46:28ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences1422-00672017-11-011811233410.3390/ijms18112334ijms18112334Dietary Zinc Acts as a Sleep ModulatorYoan Cherasse0Yoshihiro Urade1International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), University of Tsukuba, 305-8575 Tsukuba, JapanInternational Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), University of Tsukuba, 305-8575 Tsukuba, JapanWhile zinc is known to be important for many biological processes in animals at a molecular and physiological level, new evidence indicates that it may also be involved in the regulation of sleep. Recent research has concluded that zinc serum concentration varies with the amount of sleep, while orally administered zinc increases the amount and the quality of sleep in mice and humans. In this review, we provide an exhaustive study of the literature connecting zinc and sleep, and try to evaluate which molecular mechanism is likely to be involved in this phenomenon. A better understanding should provide critical information not only about the way zinc is related to sleep but also about how sleep itself works and what its real function is.https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/18/11/2334sleepzincnutritionbrainrandomized controlled trial
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title	Dietary Zinc Acts as a Sleep Modulator
title_short	Dietary Zinc Acts as a Sleep Modulator
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series	International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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publishDate	2017-11-01
description	While zinc is known to be important for many biological processes in animals at a molecular and physiological level, new evidence indicates that it may also be involved in the regulation of sleep. Recent research has concluded that zinc serum concentration varies with the amount of sleep, while orally administered zinc increases the amount and the quality of sleep in mice and humans. In this review, we provide an exhaustive study of the literature connecting zinc and sleep, and try to evaluate which molecular mechanism is likely to be involved in this phenomenon. A better understanding should provide critical information not only about the way zinc is related to sleep but also about how sleep itself works and what its real function is.
topic	sleep zinc nutrition brain randomized controlled trial
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Dietary Zinc Acts as a Sleep Modulator

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