Cognitive effects following acute wild blueberry supplementation in 7- to 10-year-old children

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2151-2162

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Children; Cognition; Executive function; Flavonoid; Memory

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; FLAVONOID; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POWDER;

ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; RECALL; RESPONSE TIME; REY AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FREEZE DRYING; FRUIT; MEMORY; POWDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINIUM;

BLUEBERRY PLANTS; CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; FREEZE DRYING; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; POWDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84944594233     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-015-1029-4     Document Type: Article

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