A double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-dose evaluation of the acute behavioural effects of guaraná in humans

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-70

  Haskell, C F ^a   Kennedy, D O ^a   Wesnes, K A ^a,b   Milne, A L ^a   Scholey, A B ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Cognitive Drug Research Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Caffeine; Guaran ; Memory; Mood; Paullinia cupana

Indexed keywords

PAULLINIA CUPANA EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMORY; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PAULLINIA CUPANA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; CAFFEINE; CAPSULES; COGNITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REFERENCE VALUES; THEOBROMINE; THEOPHYLLINE;

EID: 33845776239     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881106063815     Document Type: Article

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