Scientists at Children’s Hospital & Research Center at Oakland have found evidence for vitamin D’s involvement in brain function, warranting vitamin D supplementation for groups chronically low in vitamin D, particularly nursing infants, the elderly, and African Americans.

The evidence includes wide distribution of vitamin D receptors throughout the brain and the vitamin’s ability to affect proteins in the brain known to be directly involved in learning and memory, motor control, and possibly even maternal and social behavior.

Children’s Hospital & Research Center at Oakland News Release