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Vitamin D alters developing neurons in the brain’s dopamine circuit

Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Queensland

A cell grown in the presence of vitamin D.

image: Note the greatly increased process extension and increased uptake of the dopamine fluorescence marker FFN200 (red). Neuroblastoma cells labelled with DAPI (Blue) indicating the cell nucleus and Tyrosine hydroxylase (Green) a marker for dopamine neurons. view more 

Credit: Queensland Brain Institute

Journal

Journal of Neurochemistry

DOI

10.1111/jnc.15829

Method of Research

Experimental study

Subject of Research

Cells

Article Title

Vitamin D: A potent regulator of dopaminergic neuron differentiation and function

Article Publication Date

21-Apr-2023

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