Effect of age and glucoregulation on cognitive performance

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 985-1003

  Messier, Claude ^a   Tsiakas, Maria ^a   Gagnon, Michèle ^b   Desrochers, Alain ^a   Awad, Nesrine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL OTTAWA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain metabolism; Declarative memory; Diabetes; Glucose; Insulin

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; SACCHARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0041903676     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(03)00004-6     Document Type: Article

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