Several studies have shown an association between some variants in the vitamin D receptor
(VDR) and the GC vitamin D binding protein (GC) genes with the risk for Parkinson's disease …

Essential tremor (ET) is one of the most common movement disorders of unknown etiology
[1, 2], having an overall prevalence of 4% in the general population [2]. The age at onset has …

Vitamin D and vitamin D receptor (VDR) have been postulated as environmental and
genetic factors in neurodegeneration disorders including multiple sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer …

Epidemiological evidence on the relationships between the vitamin D receptor (VDR) single
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs731236 (TaqI), rs7975232 (ApaI), rs1544410 (BsmI) …

Epidemiological evidence concerning the association between vitamin D receptor (VDR)
polymorphisms, including rs2228570, rs731236, rs7975232, rs1544410 and Parkinson's …

Background/Objective: Despite many data suggesting a role of genetic factors in the risk for
essential tremor (ET), the responsible genes have not been identified. We analyzed in ET …

Parkinson disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with both contributions of genetic
and environmental factors. Protective functions of vitamin D and then vitamin D receptor …

The effect of vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms on Parkinson's disease (PD)
has recently gained interest. However, evidence on this relationship is controversial. We …

Background: Vitamin D plays an important role in neurodegenerative disorders as a crucial
neuro-immunomodulator. Accumulating data provide evidences that vitamin D receptor …

Epidemiological evidence of the relationship between vitamin D receptor (VDR) rs2228570
(FokI) polymorphism and the susceptibility of Parkinson's disease (PD) is inconsistent …