Neurocognitive effects of multivitamin supplementation on the steady state visually evoked potential (SSVEP) measure of brain activity in elderly women

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 346-354

  Macpherson, Helen ^a   Silberstein, Richard ^a   Pipingas, Andrew ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Elderly; Multivitamin; Spatial working memory; SSVEP; Steady state visually evoked potential

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN; PLACEBO; ULTIVITE 50 PLUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; STEADY STATE; STEADY STATE EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84867209725     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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