Vitamin B12 deficiency leading to Depression
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 12
Abstract
Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin is a water soluble vitamin, playing a key role in neuronal functions of the brain, nervous system and cellular metabolism especially DNA synthesis formation. Deficits in vitamin B12 have negative consequences on the developing brain during infancy and are associated with a greater risk of depression during adulthood.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr Sneha Arya
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP213088
- DOI -
- Views 83
- Downloads 0
LDL/HDL Cholesterol Ratio - Significance in Prognosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Coronary artery disease emerged as the major cardiovascular disorders of the era, becoming the most common cause of premature death. Study of its risk factors and their association with complication helps in monitoring t...
Study on Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Pre & Para School Children of Khurda District, Odisha
Intestinal parasitic infection constitute the greatest single world-wide cause of illness and disease. Intestinal parasitosis is one of the major problems of public health in developing countries. The study was carried o...
A Scenario: How Much Trainee Nurses Knows about the Breast Cancer and Breast Self Examination?
The idea for this study came to the mind of the authors by spate of incidences in which the aggrieved mob destroyed the health as property of the individual day by day by decreasing, the ignorance of detecting the both b...
Prolene Hernia System in Groin Hernia Repair- Our Experience in a Tertiary Care Hospital
A hernia is defined as an area of weakness or complete disruption of the fibro muscular tissues of the body wall. Structures arising from the cavity contained by the body wall can pass through, or herniated, through such...
Evaluation of Effectiveness of Use of Oral Vit D Supplements in Documented Vit D Insufficient or Deficient Patients- A Study in North Bihar
Vitamin D is a group of fat soluble secosteroids responsible for a variety of physiological functions and mostly in respect to calcium homeostasis in the body. The major source of Vit D is from sunlight with a few other...