Effects of folic acid supplementation on psychomotor performance and hemorheology in healthy elderly subjects

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 127-137

  Pathansali, Rohan ^a   Mangoni, Arduino A ^a,b   Creagh Brown, Ben ^a   Lan, Zhi Cheng ^a   Ngow, Gwo Liang ^a   Yuan, Xue Feng ^a   Ouldred, Emma L ^a   Sherwood, Roy A ^a   Swift, Cameron G ^a   Jackson, Stephen H D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Hemorheology; Homocysteine; Psychomotor performance

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHEAR RATE; SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; BLOOD VISCOSITY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEMATINICS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33745069575     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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