| Literature DB >> 19500655 |
James P Kesby1, Xiaoying Cui, Pauline Ko, John J McGrath, Thomas H J Burne, Darryl W Eyles.
Abstract
There is growing evidence that low vitamin D impacts adversely on brain development. The current study investigated the impact of developmental vitamin D (DVD) deficiency on dopamine and serotonin metabolism in the neonatal rat brain. DVD-deficiency resulted in an altered dopaminergic metabolic profile in the forebrain, with a decrease in the conversion of dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) to homovanillic acid (HVA). Correspondingly, expression of the enzyme required for this conversion, catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT), was decreased. These results suggest that DVD-deficiency influences dopamine turnover during development.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19500655 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.05.070
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurosci Lett ISSN: 0304-3940 Impact factor: 3.046