Maternal 25-hydroxyvitamin D is inversely correlated with foetal serotonin.

Padma MurthiMiranda Davies-TuckMartha LappasHarmeet SinghJoanne MocklerRahana RahmanRebecca LimBryan LeawJames DoeryEuan M WallacePeter R Ebeling

Published in: Clinical endocrinology (2016)

These observations provide the first evidence of an inverse relationship between maternal 25(OH)D and foetal serotonin concentrations. We propose that maternal vitamin D deficiency increases foetal serotonin concentrations and thereby contributes to longer-term neurocognitive impairment in infants and children.

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