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Brain Cancer Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·November 11, 2022·5 min read

Popular Dietary Supplement Causes Cancer Risk and Brain Metastasis

The commercial dietary supplement nicotinamide riboside, touted to improve cardiovascular and neurological health, may actually increase the risk of developing breast cancer that metastasizes to the brain.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·April 2, 2020·3 min read

Common vitamin combined with chemotherapy helps immune cells attack glioblastoma

Combining niacin, or vitamin B3, with chemotherapy, helped slow the progression and increase life span in mouse models of glioblastoma.

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Featured Genetics Neuroscience Psychology

·December 12, 2019·4 min read

Could some people with schizophrenia in poorer nations simply have a vitamin deficiency?

An association has been identified between a variant of the NAPRT1 gene, which reduces the body's ability to use Vitamin B3, and schizophrenia. The study reveals there could be a critical interaction between a pregnant woman's prenatal niacin deficiency due to malnutrition and the NAPRT1 variant, which impedes the fetus' ability to use niacin during development. The interaction between the gene and the prenatal environment may predispose the offspring to develop a psychiatric disorder.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Psychology

·July 4, 2019·5 min read

Determined DNA hunt reveals schizophrenia clue

NAPRT1, a gene that encodes an enzyme involved in vitamin B3 metabolism, may be a risk factor for schizophrenia. Knocking out the gene in zebrafish models, researchers discovered brain development became impaired. Without NAPRT1, the fish brains failed to divide symmetrically, which is significant as defects in the corpus callosum have been identified in those with schizophrenia.

Featured Neurology

·February 7, 2018·4 min read

Compound Prevents Neurological Damage and Provides Cognitive Benefits For Alzheimer’s: Mouse Study

Researchers report a form of vitamin B3 can help prevent neurological damage and improve cognition in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 10, 2017·3 min read

Boosting Dietary Niacin Could Benefit Those With Early Onset Parkinson’s

Dietary Niacin can help boost levels of a compound associated with DNA repair, a new study reports.

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Featured Genetics Psychology

·November 30, 2015·4 min read

How Anxiety Kills Your Social Status

Researchers have identified an area of the brain that links anxious temperaments to low social status. They were also able to 'tweak' the social hierarchy in animals using vitamin B3.