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Darryl W. Eyles is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research spans several fields within medical and neuroscience disciplines, with a primary focus on the role of vitamin D in brain function and related health outcomes.

The scientist has published extensively in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, contributing 46 papers in Medicine and 22 in Neuroscience. Their subfields of expertise include Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology, Biological Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Darryl W. Eyles's main research topics include:

  • Vitamin D Research Studies
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Gut microbiota and health

Recent representative publications provide insight into the scope of their work:

  • "Genome-wide association study identifies 143 loci associated with 25 hydroxyvitamin D concentration" (2020), Nature Communications
  • "Vitamin D and schizophrenia: 20 years on" (2021), Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Vitamin D: Brain and Behavior" (2020), JBMR Plus
  • "Vitamin D and the Central Nervous System: Causative and Preventative Mechanisms in Brain Disorders" (2022), Nutrients
  • "How do established developmental risk-factors for schizophrenia change the way the brain develops?" (2021), Translational Psychiatry

The scientist frequently publishes in scholarly journals such as:

  • Nutrients
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • Molecular Psychiatry

Darryl W. Eyles collaborates regularly with a range of co-authors, including:

  • Xiaoying Cui
  • Renata Aparecida Nedel Pértile
  • John J. McGrath
  • Asad Ali
  • Gayle C. Windham

The scientist's body of work addresses complex biological and psychiatric issues, particularly focusing on the interactions between vitamin D and the brain, developmental risk factors for schizophrenia, and broader neurobiological mechanisms related to health and disease.

Best Publications

  • Distribution of the Vitamin D receptor and 1α-hydroxylase in human brain

    Darryl W. Eyles;Steven Smith;Robert Kinobe;Martin Hewison

  • Vitamin D, effects on brain development, adult brain function and the links between low levels of vitamin D and neuropsychiatric disease

    Darryl W. Eyles;Thomas H.J. Burne;Thomas H.J. Burne;John J. McGrath;John J. McGrath

  • Vitamin D3 and brain development.

    D. Eyles;J. Brown;Alan Mackay-Sim;J. Mcgrath

  • Vitamin D, a neuro-immunomodulator: implications for neurodegenerative and autoimmune diseases.

    D.A. Fernandes de Abreu;D. Eyles;F. Féron

  • 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 induces nerve growth factor, promotes neurite outgrowth and inhibits mitosis in embryonic rat hippocampal neurons

    Jillanne Brown;John I. Bianco;John J. McGrath;Darryl W. Eyles

  • Neonatal Vitamin D Status and Risk of Schizophrenia: A Population-Based Case-Control Study

    John J. McGrath;Darryl W. Eyles;Carsten B. Pedersen;Cameron Anderson

  • Dopamine, psychosis and schizophrenia: the widening gap between basic and clinical neuroscience

    JP Kesby;DW Eyles;DW Eyles;JJ McGrath;JJ McGrath;JJ McGrath;JG Scott

  • Vitamin D and the brain

    Lauren R. Harms;Thomas H.J. Burne;Darryl W. Eyles;John J. McGrath

  • Developmental Vitamin D3 deficiency alters the adult rat brain.

    Francois Feron;Thomas Henry Johnston Burne;Thomas Henry Johnston Burne;J. Brown;J. Brown;E. Smith;E. Smith

  • Developmental vitamin D deficiency causes abnormal brain development.

    D.W. Eyles;F. Feron;F. Feron;X. Cui;J.P. Kesby

  • The effects of vitamin D on brain development and adult brain function

    James P. Kesby;Darryl W. Eyles;Darryl W. Eyles;Thomas H.J. Burne;Thomas H.J. Burne;John J. McGrath;John J. McGrath

  • Developmental Vitamin D Deficiency and Risk of Schizophrenia: A 10-Year Update

    John J. McGrath;Thomas H. Burne;François Féron;Allan Mackay-Sim

  • A systematic review of the association between common single nucleotide polymorphisms and 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations

    John J. McGrath;Sukanta Saha;Thomas H.J. Burne;Thomas H.J. Burne;Darryl W. Eyles;Darryl W. Eyles

  • The neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia: a review of recent developments

    John J McGrath;Francois Feron;Thomas Henry Johnston Burne;Alan Mackay-Sim

  • Advanced paternal age is associated with impaired neurocognitive outcomes during infancy and childhood.

    Sukanta Saha;Adrian G Barnett;Claire Foldi;Thomas H Burne;Thomas H Burne

  • Developmental vitamin D deficiency alters the expression of genes encoding mitochondrial, cytoskeletal and synaptic proteins in the adult rat brain.

    D. Eyles;L. Almeras;P. Benech;A. Patatian

  • Developmental vitamin D deficiency alters brain protein expression in the adult rat: implications for neuropsychiatric disorders.

    Lionel Almeras;Darryl Eyles;Darryl Eyles;Philippe Benech;Daniel Laffite

  • Behavioural characterization of vitamin D receptor knockout mice

    Thomas Henry Johnston Burne;John J. McGrath;John J. McGrath;Darryl W. Eyles;Darryl W. Eyles;Alan Mackay-Sim

  • Vitamin D and the brain: Genomic and non-genomic actions.

    Xiaoying Cui;Helen Gooch;Alice Petty;John J McGrath

  • Transient prenatal vitamin D deficiency is associated with subtle alterations in learning and memory functions in adult rats.

    Axel Becker;Darryl W. Eyles;Darryl W. Eyles;John J. McGrath;John J. McGrath;Gisela Grecksch

  • Neonatal Vitamin D Status and Risk of Schizophrenia

    John J. McGrath;Darryl W. Eyles;Carsten B. Pedersen;Cameron Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan Mackay-Sim
Alan Mackay-Sim Griffith University
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Naomi R. Wray
Naomi R. Wray University of Queensland
Pankaj Sah
Pankaj Sah University of Queensland
Frank C. Verhulst
Frank C. Verhulst Erasmus University Rotterdam
Manuel Mattheisen
Manuel Mattheisen Dalhousie University
Ethan K. Scott
Ethan K. Scott University of Queensland
María José Sánchez
María José Sánchez University of Granada
Bruno van Swinderen
Bruno van Swinderen University of Queensland
Andrew J. O. Whitehouse
Andrew J. O. Whitehouse Telethon Kids Institute

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