Posted by Tomatheus on February 27, 2014, at 0:46:32
In reply to Interesting study on vitamin D, serotonin, posted by Tomatheus on February 26, 2014, at 23:06:45
Here's a news article on the study that I linked to in my previous post:
http://www.dailycal.org/2014/02/25/researchers-verify-link-vitamin-d-potential-autism-cure/
It might also be worth mentioning that vitamin D has been found to boost the expression of the tyrosine hydroxylase gene (which helps to synthesize dopamine, norepinephrine, and adrenaline), and it's also been found to boost the activity of the choline acetyltransferase enzyme (which helps to synthesize acetylcholine). So, in addition to helping to synthesize dopamine, norepinephrine, adrenaline, and acetylcholine, it seems that there is now evidence to support the idea that vitamin D helps to synthesize serotonin, at least in the brain. That's assuming that I'm understanding all of this correctly.
Tomatheus
Has schizophrenia with strong negative and cognitive symptoms
Taking Abilify, niacin, & vit. D3
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