Glutamate-Mediated Primary Somatosensory Cortex Excitability Correlated with Circulating Copper and Ceruloplasmin

Table 1

Metals/metal-related proteins.

	Study panel	Reference values
Copper [μmol/L]	13.61 (2.53)	11–24.4
Ceruloplasmin [mg/dL]	26.29 (4.90)	20–60
Free copper [μmol/L]	1.20 (1.96)	<1.6
Zinc [μg/dL]	85.32 (14.75)	68–107
Iron [μg/dL]	98.68 (32.92)	37–164
Transferrin [g/L ]	2.76 (0.41)	2–3.6
Transferrin saturation [%]	28.2 (8.4)	12–50%

Mean (standard deviation) of metals and metal-related proteins in serum.