Acute effects of dietary constituents on motor skill and cognitive performance in athletes

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 790-802

  Baker, Lindsay B ^a   Nuccio, Ryan P ^a   Jeukendrup, Asker E ^a,b  

^a GATORADE SPORTS SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Carbohydrate; Team sports

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CAFFEINE; CARBOHYDRATE; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; THEANINE; THEOBROMINE; TYROSINE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET;

ALERTNESS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; BADMINTON; BASKETBALL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CACAO; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COFFEE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COORDINATION; CYCLING; DECISION MAKING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DYSTHYMIA; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS; ENDURANCE SPORT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXERCISE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; GUARANA; HOCKEY; HUMAN; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS; LEARNING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY; MENTAL ARITHMETIC; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; READING; RESPONSE TIME; RHODIOLA ROSEA; SALVIA; SALVIA LAVANDULAEFOLIA; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; SCHISANDRA CHINENSIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCCER; TEAM SPORT; VISION; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; PAULLINIA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; ATHLETES; CAFFEINE; COGNITION; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; PAULLINIA; SPORTS;

EID: 84914179215     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nure.12157     Document Type: Article

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