Cognitive performance is associated with macronutrient intake in healthy young and middle-aged adults

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 179-187

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Mckeown, Robert E ^a   Muldoon, Matthew F ^b   Tang, Shenghui ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dietary intake; Learning; Macronutrients; Memory; NHANES III

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LEARNING TEST; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CALORIMETRY; COGNITION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EATING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33845344384     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10284150600955172     Document Type: Article

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