Vitamin D, light and mental health.
Summary of "Vitamin D, light and mental health."
Vitamin D receptors and vitamin D metabolizing enzymes are present in the central nervous system. Calcitriol (the active vitamin D hormone) affects numerous neurotransmitters and neurotrophic factors, relevant for mental disorders. In the case of depressive disorders, considerable evidence supports a role of suboptimal vitamin D levels. However, the data are not conclusive and further studies are necessary. Especially, the relative importance of the pineal-melatonin system versus the vitamin D-endocrine system for the pathogenesis of seasonal affective disorders is presently unresolved. Two diagnoses, schizophrenia and autism, have been hypothetically linked to developmental (prenatal) vitamin D deficiency, however, also in adult patients, low levels have been reported, supporting the notion that vitamin D deficiency may not only be a predisposing developmental factor but also relate to the adult patients' psychiatric state. Two cases are described, whose psychiatric improvement coincided with effective treatment of vitamin D deficiency.
Affiliation
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychiatry, St. Göran, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. mats.humble@gmail.com
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology
ISSN: 1873-2682
Pages: 142-9
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20800506
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2010.08.003
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