The Role of Folate and Vitamin B-12 in Neurotransmitter Metabolism …

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The Role of Folate and Vitamin B-12 in
Neurotransmitter Metabolism and Degenerative
Neurological Changes Associated With Aging:
Proceedings of a Workshop1
RALPH GREEN,2 Chairman
Life Sciences Research Office, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology,
Bethesda, MD 20814
ABSTRACT under the sponsorship of the National
Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Diabetes
and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the Life Sciences Re
search Office of the Federation of American Societies for
Experimental Biology held a workshop entitled, “The Role
of Folate and Vitamin B-12 in Neurotransmitter Metabo
lism and Degenerative Neurological Changes Associated
with Aging.” The purpose of the May 1988 workshop was
to bring together scientists from various disciplines to iden
tify opportunities for research on an important topic relating
to neuroscience, nutrition and aging. J. Nutr. 119: 841 -
842, 1989.
INDEXING KEY WORDS:
a??aging a??folate a??vitamin B-12
a??neurotransmitters
Fifty-three scientists whose expertise included ger
ontology, neurology, nutrition, hematology, clinical
medicine, epidemiology, cell biology, biochemistry, and
physiology developed comprehensive recommenda
tions integrating basic and clinical research on the role
of folate and vitamin B-12 in neurotransmitter metab
olism and neurologic degeneration related to aging.
The…