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Copper on the brain

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Understanding how metals contribute to brain function is a major health priority. A new study combining pharmacology and genetics implicates the accumulation of copper in a brain arousal center as a regulator of zebrafish activity.

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Fig. 1: During wakefulness, the locus coeruleus (LC) delivers norepinephrine (NE) across the brain to maintain arousal.

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