Dietary nitrate modulates cerebral blood flow parameters and cognitive performance in humans: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover investigation

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 149, Issue , 2015, Pages 149-158

  Wightman, Emma L ^a   Haskell Ramsay, Crystal F ^a   Thompson, Kevin G ^a,c   Blackwell, Jamie R ^b   Winyard, Paul G ^b   Forster, Joanne ^a   Jones, Andrew M ^b   Kennedy, David O ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beetroot; Cerebral blood flow; Cognition; Near Infrared Spectroscopy; Nitrate (NO3 ); Nitric oxide; Nitrite (NO2 )

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; APPLE JUICE; ARTICLE; BEETROOT; BEETROOT JUICE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOOD; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANT PRODUCT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE; HEMODYNAMICS; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICES; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NITRATES; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930937300     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.05.035     Document Type: Article

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