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Developmental vitamin D (DVD) deficiency in the rat alters adult behaviour independently of HPA function.
Psychoneuroendocrinology - 1 Sept 2006
Eyles Darryl W, Rogers Fiona, Buller Kathryn, McGrath John J, Ko Pauline, French Kathryn, Burne Thomas H J
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Developmental vitamin D deficiency (DVD) has been shown to alter the orderly pattern of brain development. Even though the period of vitamin D deficiency is restricted to gestation this is sufficient to induce behavioural abnormalities in the adult offspring consistent with those seen in many animal models of schizophrenia. Given that some of these behavioural alterations could also be an indirect result of...
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