Vitamin D analogues and their neuronal effects

摘要

The present invention is directed, inter alia, to methods of utilizing low calcemic vitamin D analogues. Particularly, the present invention is directed to using low calcemic vitamin D analogues to treat neurodegenerative diseases and disorders, to facilitate endogenous production of neurotrophic factors, to inhibit the degradation, dysfunction or loss of neural cells and/or to enhance the phenotype of neural cells or neuronal processes.