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Type: Book chapter
Title: Magnesium in the central nervous system
Author: Turner, R.
Vink, R.
Citation: New perspectives in magnesium research: Nutrition and health, 2006 / Nishizawa, Y., Morii, H., Durlach, J. (ed./s), pp.338-355
Publisher: Springer
Publisher Place: UK
Issue Date: 2006
ISBN: 1846283884
9781846283888
Editor: Nishizawa, Y.
Morii, H.
Durlach, J.
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Renee J. Turner and Robert Vink
Abstract: It has been almost a century since a role for magnesium in the central nervous system (CNS) was first proposed. Despite intensive efforts, the subsequent 75 years saw few advances in our understanding of magnesium's precise role in brain function or the mechanisms by which the cation infl uences these functions. More recently, the advent of noninvasive techniques to measure intracellular free magnesium concentration, plus the recognition that magnesium plays a critical role in regulating neurotransmitter receptor function, have ushered in a new era for magnesium research in neuroscience. The result has been thousands of published studies describing various effects of magnesium in the CNS, ranging from effects on normal physiology and biochemistry to modulation of pathological events at the molecular level. The current review critically examines the evidence suggesting that alterations in intracellular free magnesium concentration may be an injury factor in acute and chronic CNS injury, as well as the potential for magnesium administration to be neuroprotective under these conditions. Finally, the reasons for contradictory results in the literature regarding therapeutic efficacy are discussed, with an emphasis on cellular energy state and how it may affect treatment, as well as dosage strategies and the potential for adverse side effects. © 2007 Springer-Verlag London Limited.
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-483-0_28
Description (link): http://www.springer.com/medicine/internal/book/978-1-84628-388-8
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-483-0_28
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