Vitamin D and Ageing: Neurological Issues
Author(s) -
Cédric Annweiler,
AnneMarie Schott,
Gilles Berrut,
Valérie Chauviré,
Didier Le Gall,
Marco Inzitari,
Olivier Beauchet
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
neuropsychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.71
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1423-0224
pISSN - 0302-282X
DOI - 10.1159/000318570
Subject(s) - vitamin d and neurology , dementia , neuroprotection , medicine , nervous system , neuroactive steroid , central nervous system , vitamin d deficiency , disease , bioinformatics , neuroscience , psychology , psychiatry , biology , receptor , gabaa receptor
Vitamin D has been shown to have multiple biological targets mediated by the vitamin D receptor present in many cells. Specific actions on the central nervous system (CNS) have been described. The objective of this review was to describe the relationship between vitamin D and the nervous system throughout the different stages of life.
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