The Role of Blood Glucose Availability and Fatigue in the Development of Cognitive Impairment during Combat Training

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 3 SEC. I, 2004, Pages 240-246

  Owen, Gail ^a,b   Turley, Helen ^a   Casey, Anna ^a  

^a Centre for Human Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition; Energy restriction; Memory; Mood; Nutrition; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANGER; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DETERIORATION; DIET RESTRICTION; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SYMPTOM; TRAINING; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FATIGUE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MILITARY PERSONNEL;

EID: 1542515096     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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