Vitamin D deficiency impairs spatial learning in adult rats

ABSTRACT

Background: through its membrane and intracellular receptors, vitamin D regulates many vital functions in the body including its well-known actions on musculoskeletal system. Growing body of evidences demonstrate that vitamin D undergoes some of behavioral aspects of neurocognition. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of food regimens without vitamin D or with a supplement of 1,25[OH]2D3 on spatial performance of adult rats