Fuels for memory: The role of oxygen and glucose in memory enhancement

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 349-356

  Winder, Rachel ^a   Borrill, Jo ^b  

^a Thames Valley University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholinergic system; Cognitive enhancer; Glucose; Memory; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

EID: 0031959658     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050577     Document Type: Article

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