B12 & Folic Acid

Folic acid protects motor neurons against the increased homocysteine, inflammation and apoptosis in SOD1 G93A transgenic mice.

Zhang X, Chen S, Li L, Wang Q, Le W.

Neuropharmacology. 2008 Jun;54(7):1112-9. Epub 2008 Mar 16.

PMID: 18436268 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Folic acid with or without vitamin B12 for the prevention and treatment of healthy elderly and demented people.

Malouf R, Grimley Evans J.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008 Oct 8;(4):CD004514. Review.

PMID: 18843658 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

The worldwide challenge of the dementias: a role for B vitamins and homocysteine?

Smith AD.

Food Nutr Bull. 2008 Jun;29(2 Suppl):S143-72. Review.

PMID: 18709889 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Effects of vitamin B12 and folate deficiency on brain development in children.

Black MM.

Food Nutr Bull. 2008 Jun;29(2 Suppl):S126-31. Review.

PMID: 18709887 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Public health significance of elevated homocysteine.

Selhub J.

Food Nutr Bull. 2008 Jun;29(2 Suppl):S116-25. Review.

PMID: 18709886 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Neurological consequences of vitamin B12 deficiency and its treatment.

Chalouhi C, Faesch S, Anthoine-Milhomme MC, Fulla Y, Dulac O, Chéron G.

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2008 Aug;24(8):538-41.

PMID: 18708898 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Alzheimer's disease, amnestic mild cognitive impairment, and age-associated memory impairment: current understanding and progress toward integrative prevention.

Kidd PM.

Altern Med Rev. 2008 Jun;13(2):85-115. Review.

PMID: 18590347 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Effect of vitamin B12 deficiency on neurodevelopment in infants: current knowledge and possible mechanisms.

Dror DK, Allen LH.

Nutr Rev. 2008 May;66(5):250-5. Review.

PMID: 18454811 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Folic acid protects motor neurons against the increased homocysteine, inflammation and apoptosis in SOD1 G93A transgenic mice.

Zhang X, Chen S, Li L, Wang Q, Le W.

Neuropharmacology. 2008 Jun;54(7):1112-9. Epub 2008 Mar 16.

PMID: 18436268 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Neurological consequences of vitamin B12 deficiency and its treatment.

Chalouhi C, Faesch S, Anthoine-Milhomme MC, Fulla Y, Dulac O, Chéron G.

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2008 Aug;24(8):538-41.

PMID: 18708898 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Alzheimer's disease, amnestic mild cognitive impairment, and age-associated memory impairment: current understanding and progress toward integrative prevention.

Kidd PM.

Altern Med Rev. 2008 Jun;13(2):85-115. Review.

PMID: 18590347 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Vitamin B12 deficiency neurological syndromes: correlation of clinical, MRI and cognitive evoked potential.

Kalita J, Misra UK.

J Neurol. 2008 Mar;255(3):353-9. Epub 2008 Mar 20.

PMID: 18350363 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Changes in folate, vitamin B12 and homocysteine associated with incident dementia.

Kim JM, Stewart R, Kim SW, Shin IS, Yang SJ, Shin HY, Yoon JS.

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008 Aug;79(8):864-8. Epub 2008 Feb 5.

PMID: 18252751 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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B-vitamins and prevention of dementia.

Clarke R.

Proc Nutr Soc. 2008 Feb;67(1):75-81.

PMID: 18234134 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Psychiatric presentations of vitamin B 12 deficiency.

Bhat AS, Srinivasan K, Kurpad SS, Galgali RB.

J Indian Med Assoc. 2007 Jul;105(7):395-6.

PMID: 18178994 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

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Folate metabolism and the risk of Down syndrome.

Patterson D.

Downs Syndr Res Pract. 2008 Oct;12(2):93-7. Review.

PMID: 19026278 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Validation of folate in a convenient yeast assay suited for identification of inhibitors of Alzheimer's amyloid-beta aggregation.

Macreadie I, Lotfi-Miri M, Mohotti S, Shapira D, Bennett L, Varghese J.

J Alzheimers Dis. 2008 Nov;15(3):391-6.

PMID: 18997292 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Clinical manifestations of infants with nutritional vitamin B deficiency due to maternal dietary deficiency.

Zengin E, Sarper N, Caki Kiliç S.

Acta Paediatr. 2009 Jan;98(1):98-102. Epub 2008 Oct 6.

PMID: 18945280 [PubMed - in process]

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Essential fatty acids and their metabolites could function as endogenous HMG-CoA reductase and ACE enzyme inhibitors, anti-arrhythmic, anti-hypertensive, anti-atherosclerotic, anti-inflammatory, cytoprotective, and cardioprotective molecules.

Das UN.

Lipids Health Dis. 2008 Oct 15;7:37. Review.

PMID: 18922179 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]