SLC30A3 and Alzheimer disease: Reductions in protein expression of zinc transporter 3 (ZnT3) in Brodmann area 9 (which is a part of the frontal cortex) were shown to be significantly associated with elevated depression scores in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), Parkinson disease dementia (PDD), and Alzheimer disease (AD) (Whitfield et al. 2015).