Working memory reloaded: Tyrosine repletes updating in the N-back task

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Colzato, Lorenza S ^a   Jongkees, Bryant J ^a   Sellaro, Roberta ^a   Hommel, Bernhard ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Tyrosine; Updating; Working memory

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOOD CHANGE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890862581     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00200     Document Type: Article

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