The Neurobiology of Selenium: Looking Back and to the Future

Eighteen years ago, unexpected epileptic seizures in Selenop-knockout mice pointed to a potentially novel, possibly underestimated, and previously difficult to study role of selenium (Se) in the mammalian brain. This mouse model was the key to open the field of molecular mechanisms, i.e., to delinea...

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Main Authors: Ulrich Schweizer, Simon Bohleber, Wenchao Zhao, Noelia Fradejas-Villar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2021.652099/full