Dietary Zinc Acts as a Sleep Modulator

• Published in: International journal of molecular sciences Vol. 18; no. 11; p. 2334
• Main Authors: 裏出 良博, Urade Yoshihiro, Cherasse Yoan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Molecular Diversity Preservation International 05.11.2017; MDPI AG; MDPI
• Subjects: Review; Sleep; Zinc; sleep; nutrition; brain; zinc; randomized controlled trial

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...