B vitamins and the brain: Depression

Nutrition in Clinical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 143-148

  D'Anci, Kristen E ^a   Rosenberg, Irwin H ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; B vitamins; Depression; Folate; Folic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; NEUROTOXICITY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 32244440984     PISSN: 10966781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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