Effects of vitamin D supplementation on cognitive and emotional functioning in young adults--a randomised controlled trial.

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Effects of vitamin D supplementation on cognitive and emotional functioning in young adults--a randomised controlled trial.

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BACKGROUND: Epidemiological research links vitamin D status to various brain-related outcomes. However, few trials examine whether supplementation can improve such outcomes and none have examined effects on cognition. This study examined whether Vitamin D supplementation led to improvements in diverse measures of cognitive and emotional functioning, and hypothesised that supplementation would lead to improvements in these outcomes compared to placebo. METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Healthy young...

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Angela J Dean / Mark A Bellgrove / Teresa Hall / Wei Ming Jonathan Phan / Darryl W Eyles / David Kvaskoff / John J McGrath

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http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3208539?pdf=render

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