The acute effects of glucose ingestion on attentional control in fasting healthy older adults

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-346

  Gagnon, Christine ^a,b   Greenwood, Carol E ^c,d   Bherer, Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Executive control; Glucose; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77955468986     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-010-1905-9     Document Type: Article

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