The influence of creatine supplementation on the cognitive functioning of vegetarians and omnivores

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1100-1105

  Benton, David ^a   Donohoe, Rachel ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Creatine; Memory; Reaction times; Vegetarians

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; ISOSTAR CREATINE; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEMORY; OMNIVORE; OXYGENATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VEGETARIAN; WORD RECOGNITION; ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; VEGETARIAN DIET; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; COGNITION; CREATINE; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955662634     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510004733     Document Type: Article

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