Breakfast, blood glucose, and cognition

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages

  Benton, David ^a   Parker, Pearl Y ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Blood glucose; Breakfast; Brown Peterson Task; Intelligence; Memory; Wechsler Memory Scale

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAL; MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0031954985     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/67.4.772S     Document Type: Article

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