Evaluation of techniques to identify beneficial effects of nutrition and natural products on cognitive function

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Wesnes, Keith A ^a,b,c  

^a UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive tests; Reliability; Sensitivity; Utility; Validity

Indexed keywords

CANDESARTAN; NATURAL PRODUCT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE TEST; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; COGNITION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 77958497270     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2010.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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