Dietary vitamin D3 supplements reduce demyelination in the cuprizone model.

Vitamin D is emerging as a probably important environmental risk factor in multiple sclerosis, affecting both susceptibility and disease progression. It is not known to what extent this effect is due to a modulation of peripheral lymphocyte function, or to intrathecal effects of vitamin D. We invest...

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Main Authors: Stig Wergeland, Øivind Torkildsen, Kjell-Morten Myhr, Lage Aksnes, Sverre Jarl Mørk, Lars Bø
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3197632?pdf=render