Effects of caffeine and glucose, alone and combined, on cognitive performance

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 310-317

  Adan, Ana ^a   Serra Grabulosa, Josep Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attention; Caffeine; Glucose; Memory; Performance; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; GLUCOSE; WATER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEVERAGE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEVERAGES; CAFFEINE; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953937229     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: 10991077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.1115     Document Type: Article

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