Dose-response investigation into glucose facilitation of memory performance and mood in healthy young adults

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1076-1087

  Sünram Lea, Sandra I ^a   Owen, Lauren ^b   Finnegan, Yvonne ^c   Hu, Henglong ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Royal Forest Factory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dose response; glucose; memory; response variability

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER; WORD LIST RECALL; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; COGNITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051977653     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881110367725     Document Type: Article

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