Food for creativity: Tyrosine promotes deep thinking

CONCLUSION: Found that Tyrosine did promote convergent (‘‘deep’’) thinking. As convergent thinking arguably requires more cognitive top-​-down control, this finding suggests that Tyrosine can facilitate control-​-hungry creative operations.

Tyrosine reverses a cold-induced working memory deficit in humans

CONCLUSION: Tyrosine was effective in protecting against the effects of cold stress on DMTS performance, possibly by preventing cold stress-​-induced reduction in brain catecholamine levels.

Tyrosine promotes cognitive flexibility: Evidence from proactive vs reactive control during task switching performance.

CONCLUSION: Tyrosine administration enhances brain dopamine & enhances cognitive flexibility.

Alpha-GPC reverses scopolamine-induced amnesia and improves learning in young and old rats.

CONCLUSION: These results show that alpha-GPC improves the performance of animals in both active and passive conditioning tasks. Furthermore, subchronic treatment with the compound enhances in young and restores in aged animals the transduction of...

Alpha-GPC may increase the expression of Nerve Growth Factor receptors in the rat cerebellar cortex.

CONCLUSION: These results suggest that choline alfoscerate treatment may increase the expression of NGF receptors in the rat cerebellar cortex."

Alpha--GPC prevents scopolamine--induced learning impairment.

The data suggest that the behavioural effects of alpha-GPC may be related to its property to increase hippocampal ACh synthesis and release."

Alpha-GPC improves cognitive function in mild to moderate Alzhemier's dementia.

CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest the clinical usefulness and tolerability of CA in the treatment of the cognitive symptoms of dementia disorders of the Alzheimer type.

Alpha-GPC

CONCLUSION: The observation that treatment with choline alphoscerate attenuates the extent of glial reaction in the hippocampus of SHR suggests also that the compound may af ord neuroprotection in this animal model of vascular brain...

Acetyl-L-carnitine improves cognitive functions in severe hepatic encephalopathy.

Article Published Date: 2011 Dec 26