Dehydration influences mood and Cognition: A Plausible Hypothesis?

Nutrients

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 555-573

  Benton, David ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Cognition; Dehydration; Elderly; Hydration; Mood

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; VASOPRESSIN; WATER;

ATTENTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD NUTRITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FLUID BALANCE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MOOD DISORDER; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; REVIEW; SERUM OSMOLALITY;

EID: 79958041069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu3050555     Document Type: Review

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