Examining brain-cognition effects of ginkgo biloba extract: Brain activation in the left temporal and left prefrontal cortex in an object working memory task

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Stough, C ^a   Silberstein, R B ^a   Pipingas, A ^a   Song, J ^a   Camfield, D A ^a   Nathan, P J ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILOBALIDE; FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINKGOLIDE DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEADY STATE VISUALLY EVOKED POTENTIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 80053482690     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/164139     Document Type: Article

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