Vitamin D Deficiency a Brain Disruptor - Spring 2019
Medscape
Comment on 2 studies in Feb 2019
:Vitamin D deficiency disrupts structural brain connectivity and harms learning and memory by destabilizing perineuronal nets (PNNs) that provide scaffolding for neurons, new research suggests."
"PNNs are made of proteins and sugar molecules that form a strong, supportive mesh around certain neurons. In so doing, they stabilize the contacts these cells make with other neurons."