| Preface | 5 |
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| Preface | 6 |
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| Contents | 8 |
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| Contributors | 12 |
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| Overview | 18 |
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| Overview of Magnesium Research: History and Current Trends | 19 |
| Magnesium and Calcium in Drinking Water | 27 |
| Magnesium Homeostasis | 35 |
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| Cellular Mg2+ Transport and Homeostasis: An Overview | 36 |
| TRPM6 and TRPM7 Chanzymes Essential for Magnesium Homeostasis | 49 |
| CorA-Mrs2-Alr1 Superfamily of Mg2+ Channel Proteins | 61 |
| Practical Interest of Circulating Total and Ionized Magnesium Concentration Evaluation in Experimental and Clinical Magnesium Disorders | 70 |
| Nutrition | 81 |
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| Overview of Magnesium Nutrition | 82 |
| Magnesium Requirement and Affecting Factors | 107 |
| Experimental Data on Chronic Magnesium Deficiency | 117 |
| Clinical Forms of Magnesium Depletion by Photosensitization and Treatment with Scototherapy | 130 |
| New Data on Pharmacological Properties and Indications of Magnesium | 140 |
| Epidemiology | 153 |
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| Magnesium Intake and the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes | 154 |
| Magnesium Intake and Hepatic Cancer | 166 |
| Exercise | 181 |
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| Exercise and Magnesium | 182 |
| Metabolic Syndrome | 195 |
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| Review of Magnesium and Metabolic Syndrome | 196 |
| Diabetes Mellitus and Magnesium | 204 |
| Magnesium Metabolism in Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Syndrome, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus | 220 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | 231 |
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| Cardiovascular Disease and Magnesium | 232 |
| Magnesium: Forgotten Mineral in Cardiovascular Biology and Atherogenesis | 244 |
| Skeletal Diseases and Calcium Metabolism | 266 |
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| Overview of Skeletal Diseases and Calcium Metabolism in Relation to Magnesium | 267 |
| Magnesium and Osteoporosis | 270 |
| Calcium- Sensing Receptor and Magnesium | 276 |
| Kidney | 290 |
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| Magnesium and the Kidney: Overview | 291 |
| Cellular Basis of Magnesium Transport | 295 |
| Magnesium in Chronic Renal Failure | 305 |
| Magnesium in Hemodialysis Patients | 318 |
| Neurology | 332 |
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| Neurology Overview | 333 |
| Magnesium in the Central Nervous System | 338 |
| Magnesium in Dental Medicine | 356 |
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| Tooth and Magnesium | 357 |
| Magnesium in Neurology and Psychiatry | 365 |
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| Magnesium in Psychoses | 366 |
| Veterinary Medicine | 375 |
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| Significance of Magnesium in Animals | 376 |
| Index | 387 |