The effect of glucose dose and fasting interval on cognitive function: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, six-way crossover study

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 577-589

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

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive; Glucose; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL TASK; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FASTING; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858444195     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2510-2     Document Type: Article

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