The impact of glucose ingestion and gluco-regulatory control on cognitive performance: A comparison of younger and middle aged adults

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 523-535

  Meikle, Andrew ^a   Riby, Leigh M ^b   Stollery, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cognitive function; Episodic memory; Glucose

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTAKE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ATTENTION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COGNITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 11144288636     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.643     Document Type: Article

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