Effect of fish oil on cognitive performance in older subjects: A randomized, controlled trial

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 430-438

  Van De Rest, O ^a   Geleijnse, J M ^a   Kok, F J ^a   Van Staveren, W A ^a   Dullemeijer, C ^a,b   OldeRikkert, M G M ^c   Beekman, A T F ^d   De Groot, C P G M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; PLACEBO; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEMORY; MICTURITION DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MYALGIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTLESSNESS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SORE THROAT; SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT GAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MICROCAPSULE;

AGED; CAPSULES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 49049099040     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000324268.45138.86     Document Type: Article

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