Effects of creatine supplementation on cerebral white matter in competitive sportsmen

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-67

  Wilkinson, Iain D ^a,c   Mitchel, Nigel ^b   Breivik, Simon ^b   Greenwood, Pamela ^b   Griffiths, Paul D ^b   Winter, Edward M ^b   Van Beek, Edwin J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Creatine; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Sport

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SUPPLEMENTATION; SWALLOWING; WHITE MATTER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CREATINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PLACEBOS; SPORTS;

EID: 30344481075     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsm.0000176372.67398.c8     Document Type: Article

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