Citicoline improves verbal memory in aging

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 441-448

  Spiers, Paul A ^a   Myers, Diane ^a   Hochanadel, Gail S ^a   Lieberman, Harris R ^b   Wurtman, Richard J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CITICOLINE;

AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0030002502     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1996.00550050071026     Document Type: Article

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