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. 2014 Dec;17(12):1624-5.
doi: 10.1038/nn.3876.

Flavanol-rich food for thought

Judy Pa  1 , Adam Gazzaley  2
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Flavanol-rich food for thought

Judy Pa et al. Nat Neurosci. 2014 Dec.

Abstract

A randomized clinical trial in older adults shows that high dietary intake of cocoa flavanols enhances memory performance and neural function in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, a region critical for learning and memory.

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A computerized assessment of dentate gyrus function. Brickman et al.. developed and validated a computerized memory test based on novel object recognition. In their trial, older adults who consumed a flavanol-rich cocoa for 12 weeks had improved memory function, which was correlated with improved cerebral blood volume.
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