Oral creatine monohydrate supplementation improves brain performance: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1529, 2003, Pages 2147-2150

  Rae, Caroline ^a   Digney, Alison L ^a   McEwan, Sally R ^a   Bates, Timothy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain bioenergetics; Creatine; Intelligence; Memory; Oral supplementation

Indexed keywords

CREATINE;

BRAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0142074341     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2492     Document Type: Article

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