Vitamin D and the brain

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 657-669

  Harms, Lauren R ^a   Burne, Thomas H J ^a   Eyles, Darryl W ^a   McGrath, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

animal models; brain development; neurosteroids; schizophrenia; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

24,25 DIHYDROXYCOLECALCIFEROL; AMPHETAMINE; CALCITRIOL; COLECALCIFEROL; DIZOCILPINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; GLUCOCORTICOID; HALOPERIDOL; METHAMPHETAMINE; PHENYTOIN; SEROTONIN; VALPROIC ACID; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTISM; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; EXCITOTOXICITY; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLITE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 80052210545     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2011.05.009     Document Type: Review

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