Does adult vitamin D deficiency increase vulnerability to social stress resulting in altered brain function?

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1078159

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

We propose that first generation migrants exposed to both psychosocial stress and hypovitaminosis D may be less able to buffer stress-related adverse brain outcomes. Our hypothesis is that combined effects of both adult hypovitaminosis D, with the lack of its neuroprotective properties, and the neurochemical effects of social stress will result in an increase in schizophrenia-related behaviours. There is an urgent need for novel animal models based on the epidemiology of schizophrenia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $329,802.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

animal model | brain function | schizophrenia and related disorders | stress | vitamin D

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