Maternal vitamin D deficiency can result in problems 1 or 2 decades later

Maternal vitamin D deficiency and brain functions: a never-ending story

Food Funct., 2023, 14, 6290-6301 DOI: 10.1039/D3FO00166K

Lidia Saidi ORCID logoab, Habib Hammou b, Flavie Sicard ac, Jean-François Landrier a and Lourdes Mounien ORCID logo*a

• a Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, INRA, C2VN, Marseille, France. E-mail: lourdes.mounien@univ-amu.fr

• b Université Oran 1, Ahmed Ben Bella, Laboratoire de Physiologie de la Nutrition et Sécurité Alimentaire, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Oran, Algeria

• c PhenoMARS Aix-Marseille Technology Platform, CriBiom, Marseille, France

A large number of observational studies have highlighted the prevalence rates of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency in many populations including pregnant women. Vitamin D is well known to have a crucial role in differentiation and proliferation, as well as neurotrophic and neuroprotective actions in the brain. It has been observed that this micronutrient can modulate neurotransmission and synaptic plasticity. Recent results from animal and epidemiological studies indicated that maternal vitamin D deficiency is associated with a wide range of neurobiological diseases including autism, schizophrenia, depression, multiple sclerosis and developmental defects. The aim of this review is to summarize the current state of knowledge on the effect of maternal vitamin D deficiency on brain functions and development.

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