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Original Source: The effects of vitamin D on brain development and adult brain function.
A role for vitamin D in brain development and function has been gaining support over the last decade. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that this vitamin is actually a neuroactive steroid that acts on brain development, leading to alterations in brain neurochemistry and adult brain function. Early deficiencies have been linked with neuropsychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, and adult deficiencies have been associated with a host of adverse brain outcomes, including Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's...
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According to the American Brain Tumor Association, just over 24,000 patients will be diagnosed with a primary malignant brain tumour during 2012 in the US alone. Some 80% of primary malignant brain...
Frank vitamin E deficiency is rare and overt deficiency symptoms have not been found in healthy people who obtain little vitamin E from their diets. Premature babies of very low birth weight (<1,...
Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin that is necessary to form collagen; so is implicated in the synthesis of skin, scar tissue, tendons, ligaments, and blood vessels, the healing of wounds, and for...
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When Pregnant Women Lack Vitamin C, Their Babies Pay The Price
Maternal vitamin C deficiency during pregnancy can have serious consequences for the foetal brain. And once brain damage has occurred, it cannot be reversed by vitamin C supplements after birth. This...
Vitamin C Deficiency In Pregnant Women Can Cause Fetal Brain Damage
Vitamin C deficiency among pregnant women can result in serious health complications in the fetus' brain. Although women can make a conscious effort to take vitamin C supplements, if damage is alread...
Fetus suffers when mother lacks vitamin C
(University of Copenhagen) Maternal vitamin C deficiency during pregnancy can have serious consequences for the fetal brain. And once brain damage has occurred, it cannot be reversed by vitamin C supp...
Foetus suffers when mother lacks vitamin C
(University of Copenhagen) Maternal vitamin C deficiency during pregnancy can have serious consequences for the foetal brain. And once brain damage has occurred, it cannot be reversed by vitamin C sup...
Maternal vitamin C deficiency can have serious consequences for foetal brain
Maternal vitamin C deficiency during pregnancy can have serious consequences for the foetal brain. And once brain damage has occurred, it cannot be reversed by vitamin C supplements after birth. This...
Folate & B12 Deficiency Linked To Some Depression Subtypes
A low intake of folate and vitamin B12 is linked to a greater risk of melancholic depressive symptoms. Folate is a water soluble vitamin that helps produce chemicals that control brain functions, such...
Low blood levels of vitamin D are associated with an increased number of brain lesions and signs of a more [...]
Vitamin D in pregnancy critical for brain development, study says
(HealthDay)—Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy could hinder babies' brain development, impeding their mental and motor skills, a new study suggests.
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The effects of vitamin D on brain development and adult brain function.
A role for vitamin D in brain development and function has been gaining support over the last decade. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that this vitamin is actually a neuroactive steroid that acts o...
Until now, the lack of a means to detect a deficiency or to measure the pharmacologic effect in the human brain in situ has been a hindrance to the development of antioxidant-based prevention and trea...
Purpose: To evaluate effects of mobile phone use on brain tissue and a possible protective role of vitamin C. Materials and methods: Forty female rats were divided into four groups randomly (Control,...
The vitamin D receptor gene is associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Vitamin D may have a role in brain function. Low levels have been frequently associated with cognitive decline and may contribute to diseases of the nervous system. The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is wid...
Vitamin E in aging, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease.
Since its discovery, vitamin E has been extensively researched by a large number of investigators in an attempt to fully understand its role in a variety of pathophysiological contexts. The vast major...
