Neurophysiological characterization of a functionally active drink containing extracts of ginkgo and ginseng by source density analysis of the human EEG

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 213-224

  Dimpfel, W ^a   Kler, A ^b   Kriesl, E ^b   Lehnfeld, R ^c   Keplinger Dimpfel, I K ^d  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Plantextrakt GmbH   (Germany)

^c PhytoLab GmbH   (Germany)

^d NeuroCode AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG; Functional food; Ginkgo; Ginseng; Human

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENUATION; BETA RHYTHM; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CURRENT SOURCE DENSITY ANALYSIS; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EYELID CLOSURE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; RECORDING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THETA RHYTHM; VOLUNTEER; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANAX; PLACEBOS; PLANT EXTRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES; VISION;

PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 33845742075     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10284150601043713     Document Type: Article

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