Vitamin D Research

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Mental Illness

• Neophobia, sensory and cognitive functions, and hedonic responses in vitamin D receptor mutant mice.J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2007 Mar 24;.
• Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated With Low Mood and Worse Cognitive Performance in Older Adults.Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2006 Dec;14(12):1032–1040.
• Chronic 1alpha,25-(OH)2 vitamin D3 treatment reduces Ca2+ mediated hippocampal biomarkers of aging.Cell Calcium. 2006 Sep;40(3):277–86. Epub 2006 Jun 14.
• The Can‑SAD study: a randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of light therapy and fluoxetine in patients with winter seasonal affective disorder.Am J Psychiatry. 2006 May;163(5):805–12.
• Behavioural anomalies in mice evoked by "Tokyo" disruption of the Vitamin D receptor gene.Neurosci Res. 2006 Apr;54(4):254–60. Epub 2006 Jan 19.
• Pharmacological treatment to augment hole board habituation in prenatal Vitamin D‑deficient rats.Behav Brain Res. 2006 Jan 6;166(1):177–83. Epub 2005 Sep 26.
• Vitamin D and chronic mental illness.Med J Aust. 2006 Jan 2;184(1):47. Letter.
• Season of birth is associated with anthropometric and neurocognitive outcomes during infancy and childhood in a general population birth cohort.Schizophr Res. 2006 Jan 1;81(1):91–100. Epub 2005 Oct 20.
• Neuropsychological function in relation to serum parathyroid hormone and serum 25‑hydroxyvitamin D levels The Tromso study.J Neurol. 2005 Nov 14; [Epub ahead of print]
• Antioxidative effect of vitamin D3 on zinc‑induced oxidative stress in CNS.Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2005 Aug;1053:319–29.
• Evidence that vitamin D3 reverses age‑related inflammatory changes in the rat hippocampus.Biochem Soc Trans. 2005 Aug;33(Pt 4):573–7.
• Distribution of the vitamin D receptor and 1 alpha‑hydroxylase in human brain.J Chem Neuroanat. 2005 Jan;29(1):21–30.
• Increased anxiety in mice lacking vitamin D receptor gene.Neuroreport. 2004 Jun 7;15(8):1271–4.
• Vitamin D supplementation during the first year of life and risk of schizophrenia: a Finnish birth cohort study.Schizophr Res. 2004 Apr 1;67(2–3):237–45.
• Randomized comparison of the effects of the vitamin D3 adequate intake versus 100 mcg (4000 IU) per day on biochemical responses and the wellbeing of patients.Nutr J. 2004; 3: 8. Published online 2004 July 19.
• Low maternal vitamin D as a risk factor for schizophrenia: a pilot study using banked sera.Schizophr Res. 2003 Sep 1;63(1–2):73–8.
• 1,25‑dihydroxyvitamin D3 induces nerve growth factor, promotes neurite outgrowth and inhibits mitosis in embryonic rat hippocampal neurons.Neurosci Lett. 2003 Jun 5;343(2):139–43.
• Vitamin D3 and brain development.Neuroscience. 2003;118(3):641–53.
• Selective deficits in prefrontal cortical GABAergic neurons in schizophrenia defined by the presence of calcium‑binding proteins.Biol Psychiatry. 2002 Oct 1;52(7):708–15.
• Deletion of deoxyribonucleic acid binding domain of the vitamin D receptor abrogates genomic and nongenomic functions of vitamin D.Mol Endocrinol. 2002 Jul;16(7):1524–37.
• New clues about vitamin D functions in the nervous system.Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2002 Apr;13(3):100–5. Review.
• Long‑term trends in sunshine duration and its association with schizophrenia birth rates and age at first registration—data from Australia and the Netherlands.Schizophr Res. 2002 Apr 1;54(3):199–212.
• Exposure to sunlight, vitamin D and schizophrenia.Schizophr Res. 2002 Apr 1;54(3):193–8.
• Seasonal variation of mixed and pure episodes of bipolar disorder.J Affect Disord. 2002 Feb;68(1):25–31.
• Does 'imprinting' with low prenatal vitamin D contribute to the risk of various adult disorders?Med Hypotheses. 2001 Mar;56(3):367–71.
• Vitamin D hormone confers neuroprotection in parallel with downregulation of L‑type calcium channel expression in hippocampal neurons.J Neurosci. 2001 Jan 1;21(1):98–108.
• Season of birth in schizophrenia: no latitude at the equator.Br J Psychiatry. 2000 Jan;176:68–71.
• Vitamin D in schizophrenia, major depression and alcoholism.J Neural Transm. 2000;107(7):839–42.
• Hypothesis: is low prenatal vitamin D a risk‑modifying factor for schizophrenia?Schizophr Res. 1999 Dec 21;40(3):173–7. Review.
• Consensus statement on the upcoming crisis in geriatric mental health: research agenda for the next 2 decades.Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1999 Sep;56(9):848–53. Review.
• Vitamin D vs broad spectrum phototherapy in the treatment of seasonal affective disorder.J Nutr Health Aging. 1999;3(1):5–7.
• Vitamin D and serotonin in winter.Med Hypotheses. 1998 Sep;51(3):267–8. Review.
• Vitamin D3 enhances mood in healthy subjects during winter.Psychopharmacology (Berl). 1998 Feb;135(4):319–23.
• Season of birth in psychiatry.Neuropsychobiology. 1998;37(4):175–81. Review.
• Seasonality of births in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: a review of the literature.Schizophr Res. 1997 Nov 7;28(1):1–38. Review.
• Vitamin D increases expression of the tyrosine hydroxylase gene in adrenal medullary cells.Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 1996 Feb;36(1):193-6.
• Seasonal mood changes in 250 normal womenPsychiatry Res. 1993 Oct;49(1):77–87.
• Increasing rates of depression.JAMA. 1989 Apr 21;261(15):2229–35. Review.

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