Effects of a single dose of a flavonoid-rich blueberry drink on memory in 8 to 10y old children

Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 531-534

  Whyte, Adrian R ^a   Williams, Claire M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Attention; Blueberry; Children; Cognitive; Flavonoid; Memory

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEVERAGE; BLUEBERRY DRINK; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GO NOGO; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; OBJECT LOCATION TASK; PILOT STUDY; REY'S AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TASK; SCHOOL CHILD; STROOP TEST; VISUAL N BACK; WORD LIST RECALL; BLUEBERRY; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; FRUIT; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL;

ANIMALIA; VACCINIUM;

BLUEBERRY PLANT; CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 84922986395     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2014.09.013     Document Type: Article

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