Chapter 11 Vitamin C and the Brain

The brain requires vitamin C to metabolize fuel substrates and synthesize neurotransmitters, regulate their release, and modify their actions. Vitamin C also protects the brain from oxidative damage. Clinical studies do not provide strong evidence that vitamin C deficiency directly impairs brain fun...

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description The brain requires vitamin C to metabolize fuel substrates and synthesize neurotransmitters, regulate their release, and modify their actions. Vitamin C also protects the brain from oxidative damage. Clinical studies do not provide strong evidence that vitamin C deficiency directly impairs brain function but rather suggest that the fatigue, mood disturbance, and cognitive dysfunction sometimes associated with vitamin C deficiency are due to peripheral tissue damage, with possibly an exaggerated emotional response to it. Severe brain injury drastically depletes the cerebrospinal fluid of vitamin C; clinical trials of high-dose intravenous vitamin C are strongly warranted for this condition. The very limited clinical trial evidence available does not demonstrate that vitamin C supplementation slows the progression of dementia or improves clinical outcomes after an acute ischemic stroke. Hypovitaminosis C is common in people with severe mental illness; it should be treated. A few clinical trials have been carried out of low-pharmacologic doses of vitamin C (alone or with other nutrients) as adjunctive therapy in patients with chronic stable schizophrenia or depression, with inconsistent results. There is plausible but inclusive evidence that continuous supplementation with a combination of several micronutrients, including vitamin C, may have cognitive benefits in some people even if they lack diagnosed vitamin deficiencies.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1126002025-07-17T10:00:01Z Chapter 11 Vitamin C and the Brain Hoffer, Leonard John Antioxidants, Ascorbic Acid, Infectious Disease, Intravenous Ascorbate, Vitamin C, acute sepsis, cancer treatment, infectious disease treatment, stem cell transplantation thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MK Medical specialties, branches of medicine::MKG Pharmacology thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSD Molecular biology thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MK Medical specialties, branches of medicine::MKG Pharmacology thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSD Molecular biology thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences The brain requires vitamin C to metabolize fuel substrates and synthesize neurotransmitters, regulate their release, and modify their actions. Vitamin C also protects the brain from oxidative damage. Clinical studies do not provide strong evidence that vitamin C deficiency directly impairs brain function but rather suggest that the fatigue, mood disturbance, and cognitive dysfunction sometimes associated with vitamin C deficiency are due to peripheral tissue damage, with possibly an exaggerated emotional response to it. Severe brain injury drastically depletes the cerebrospinal fluid of vitamin C; clinical trials of high-dose intravenous vitamin C are strongly warranted for this condition. The very limited clinical trial evidence available does not demonstrate that vitamin C supplementation slows the progression of dementia or improves clinical outcomes after an acute ischemic stroke. Hypovitaminosis C is common in people with severe mental illness; it should be treated. A few clinical trials have been carried out of low-pharmacologic doses of vitamin C (alone or with other nutrients) as adjunctive therapy in patients with chronic stable schizophrenia or depression, with inconsistent results. There is plausible but inclusive evidence that continuous supplementation with a combination of several micronutrients, including vitamin C, may have cognitive benefits in some people even if they lack diagnosed vitamin deficiencies. 2023-08-11T04:02:08Z 2023-08-11T04:02:08Z 2023-08-10T12:19:29Z 2020 chapter https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/75335 9781138337992 9781032175256 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/112600 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/75335/1/9780429442025_10.1201_9780429442025-11.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/75335/1/9780429442025_10.1201_9780429442025-11.pdf Taylor & Francis CRC Press 10.1201/9780429442025-11 10.1201/9780429442025-11 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Vitamin C Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation a9bd203e-2329-457e-a93c-b053a8e62b88 9781138337992 9781032175256 CRC Press 27 open access
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