Using a new visualisation tool known as false fluorescent neurotransmitters, neuroscientists at The University of Queensland have discovered how vitamin D deficiency affects developing neurons in Schizophrenia, a serious mental Health disorder.
In a nutshell, the study, which comes a day after World Schizophrenia Day is marked,highlights the importance of vitamin D in brain development and the potential impact of deficiency on the onset of the mental condition.
Schizophrenia is associated with many developmental risk factors, and while the precise neurological causes of the disorder remain unknown, the mental health disorder is associated with a pronounced change in the way the brain uses dopamine.