Choline ingestion does not modify physical or cognitive performance

Military Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1020-1025

  Singh, Anita ^a   Coll, Regina ^a   Hyde, Dale E ^a   Becker, William J ^a   Deuster, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SOLDIER; SPATIAL MEMORY; WEIGHT BEARING; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0036904629     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/167.12.1020     Document Type: Article

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