Cognitive performance is associated with glucose regulation in healthy elderly persons and can be enhanced with glucose and dietary carbohydrates

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 825-836

  Kaplan, R J ^a   Greenwood, C E ^a   Winocur, G ^a   Wolever, T M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Cognition; Elderly subjects; Glucose; Glucose regulation; Glucose tolerance; Insulin; Insulin resistance; Memory; Cells

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY MASS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CELL FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTAKE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0033843854     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/72.3.825     Document Type: Article

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