Steady state visually evoked potential (SSVEP) topography changes associated with cocoa flavanol consumption

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 948-957

  Camfield, D A ^a   Scholey, A ^a   Pipingas, A ^a   Silberstein, R ^a   Kras, M ^a   Nolidin, K ^a   Wesnes, K ^a,b   Pase, M ^a   Stough, C ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CDR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Cocoa flavanols; Cognitive decline; Nutraceutical; Polyphenols; Spatial Working Memory; Steady State Visual Evoked Potential

Indexed keywords

COCOA FLAVANOL; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CACAO; CENTROFRONTAL CORTEX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRINKING; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL WORKING MEMORY; STEADY STATE; STEADY STATE PROBE TOPOGRAPHY; STEADY STATE VISUALLY EVOKED POTENTIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; BEVERAGES; CACAO; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; FLAVONOLS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 82655177646     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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