The effect of flavanol-rich cocoa on cerebral perfusion in healthy older adults during conscious resting state: A placebo controlled, crossover, acute trial

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 232, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 3227-3234

  Lamport, Daniel J ^a   Pal, Deepa ^a   Moutsiana, Christina ^a   Field, David T ^a   Williams, Claire M ^a   Spencer, Jeremy P E ^a   Butler, Laurie T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labelling; Cerebral blood flow; Cocoa; Cognition; Flavanol; Flavonoid; fMRI; Imaging; Regional perfusion

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; THEOBROMINE; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CACAO; CENTRAL OPERCULAR CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPIN LABELING; STEADY STATE; BEVERAGE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BEVERAGES; CACAO; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLAVONOLS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; POLYPHENOLS; REST; THEOBROMINE;

EID: 84939255866     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-015-3972-4     Document Type: Article

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