The effects of l-theanine, caffeine and their combination on cognition and mood

Biological Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-122

  Haskell, Crystal F ^a   Kennedy, David O ^a   Milne, Anthea L ^a   Wesnes, Keith A ^a,b   Scholey, Andrew B ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Attention; Caffeine; Cognition; Humans; l Theanine; Memory; Mood; Tea

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CAFFEINE; THEANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; GLUTAMATES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL FATIGUE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SALIVA; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 38349101290     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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