Coda
November 2018
in “
Princeton University Press eBooks
”
TLDR Vitamin C deficiency harms both the body and brain, affecting behavior.
This chapter explored the neurological basis of scurvy, highlighting that vitamin C deficiency not only caused physical symptoms like hemorrhage and hyperkeratosis but also had significant effects on brain function. Modern neuroscience revealed that vitamin C played crucial roles in neurotransmitter synthesis and neuron protection, suggesting that prolonged deficiency could alter behavior due to impaired brain function.
