Vitamin D 3 is among the major neurosteroids whose role in developing and adult brain is
intensively studied now. Its active form 1, 25 (OH) 2 D 3 regulates the expression and …

Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent throughout the world, and growing evidence supports a
requirement for optimal vitamin D levels for the healthy developing and adult brain. Vitamin …

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 …

Twenty of the last one hundred years of vitamin D research have involved investigations of
the brain as a target organ for this hormone. Our group was one of the first to investigate …

Purpose of review: increasing evidence suggests that besides the several metabolic,
endocrine, and immune functions of 1alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1, 25 (OH) 2D), the …

Vitamin D is a seco-steroid hormone with multiple functions in the nervous system.
Physiological brain mechanisms of vitamin D and its receptors include neuroprotection …

It has been 20 years since we first proposed vitamin D as a “possible” neurosteroid.(1) Our
work over the last two decades, particularly results from our cellular and animal models, has …

Abstract 1, 25 (OH) 2 D 3 (vitamin D) is well-recognized as a neurosteroid that modulates
multiple brain functions. A growing body of evidence indicates that vitamin D plays a pivotal …

Vitamin D is a member of the superfamily of nuclear steroid transcription regulators and as
such, exerts transcriptional control over a large number of genes. Several other steroids …

Vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency is a public health issue around the world. According to
epidemiological studies, low vitamin D levels have been associated with an increased risk of …