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Vitamins Deficiencies and Brain Function

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The consequences of malnutrition on the central nervous system are diverse and depend to a significant extent on the stage of development or maturity of the brain as well as on the severity of the nutritional deficiency. For example, vitamin deficiencies result in a wide range of neuropathology and neuropsychiatric symptomatology depending upon the nature and extent of the vitamin deficiency. The most common vitamin deficiency disorders are those associated with the group B vitamins, particularly thiamine (vitamin B1). The likelihood of multiple vitamin deficiencies should be borne in mind.

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Bémeur, C., Montgomery, J.A., Butterworth, R.F. (2011). Vitamins Deficiencies and Brain Function. In: Blass, J. (eds) Neurochemical Mechanisms in Disease. Advances in Neurobiology, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7104-3_4

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