For many years, vitamin D has been acknowledged for its role in maintaining calcium and
phosphate balance. However, in recent years, research has assessed its …

Serotonin regulates a wide variety of brain functions and behaviors. Here, we synthesize
previous findings that serotonin regulates executive function, sensory gating, and social …

Increasingly vitamin D deficiency is being associated with a number of psychiatric
conditions. In particular for disorders with a developmental basis, such as autistic spectrum …

The vitamin D endocrine system is essential for calcium and bone homeostasis. The precise
mode of action and the full spectrum of activities of the vitamin D hormone, 1, 25 …

Vitamin D and its metabolites have pleomorphic roles in both nervous system health and
disease. Animal models have been paramount in contributing to our knowledge and …

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble secosteroid, traditionally considered a key regulator of bone
metabolism, calcium and phosphorous homeostasis. Its action is made possible through the …

This review discusses the clinical and laboratory studies that have examined a role of
vitamin D in skeletal muscle. Many observational studies, mainly in older populations …

Vitamin D, a fat-soluble vitamin, plays a role not only in calcium and phosphate homeostasis
but also in several other functions, including cell growth and neuromuscular and immune …

Rodent marble-burying behavior in the marble-burying test (MBT) is employed as a model or
measure to study anxiety-and compulsive-like behaviors or anxiolytic and anticompulsive …

Introduction Under specific conditions, a weak lead stimulus, or “prepulse”, can inhibit the
startling effects of a subsequent intense abrupt stimulus. This startle-inhibiting effect of the …