Ginkgo biloba

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Prevention of Alzheimers disease: where we stand.

Alzheimers disease has been recognized as a major public health issue that will grow in prominence as life expectancy increases and as the shape of population demographics shifts toward expansion in the older age ranges with contraction in younger ages. ...
Mary Sano (Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep, 200209)
prevention-alzheimer-s-disease-where-stand.asp

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Ginkgo for memory enhancement: a randomized controlled trial.

CONTEXT: Several over-the-counter treatments are marketed as having the ability to improve memory, attention, and related cognitive functions in as little as 4 weeks. These claims, however, are generally not supported by well-controlled clinical studies. ...
Paul R Solomon, Felicity Adams, Amanda Silver, Jill Zimmer, Richard DeVeaux (JAMA, 200208)
ginkgo-memory-enhancement-randomized-controlled-trial.asp

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A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 in a sample of cognitively intact older adults: neuropsychological findings.

There appears to be an absence of large-scaled clinical trials that have examined the efficacy of Ginkgo biloba extract on the neuropsychological functioning of cognitively intact older adults. The importance of such clinical research appears paramount ...
Joseph A Mix, W David Crews (Hum Psychopharmacol, 200208)
double-blind-placebo-controlled-randomized-trial-ginkgo-biloba.asp

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Modulation of cognition and mood following administration of single doses of Ginkgo biloba, ginseng, and a ginkgo/ginseng combination to healthy young adults.

It has previously been demonstrated in separate studies that single doses of Ginkgo biloba, Panax ginseng, and a combination of the two extracts can improve different aspects of cognitive performance in healthy young volunteers. The present study ...
D O Kennedy, A B Scholey, K A Wesnes (Physiol Behav, 200204)
modulation-cognition-mood-following-administration-single-doses.asp

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Acute, dose-dependent cognitive effects of Ginkgo biloba, Panax ginseng and their combination in healthy young volunteers: differential interactions with cognitive demand.

The present paper describes three studies examining the acute effects of single doses of Ginkgo biloba (GK501), Ginseng (G115) and their combination (Ginkoba M/E, Pharmaton SA) on the performance of healthy young adults (mean age 21 years) during serial ...
Andrew B Scholey, David O Kennedy (Hum Psychopharmacol, 200201)
acute-dose-dependent-cognitive-effects-ginkgo-biloba-panax-ginseng.asp

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The acute nootropic effects of Ginkgo biloba in healthy older human subjects: a preliminary investigation.

Ginkgo biloba has been shown to have chronic memory enhancing effects in healthy subjects and patients with dementia. There is limited research on the acute nootropic effects of Ginkgo biloba in humans. The current study aimed to examine the acute ...
Pradeep J Nathan, Emily Ricketts, Keith Wesnes, Ludek Mrazek, Warick Greville, Con Stough (Hum Psychopharmacol, 200201)
acute-nootropic-effects-ginkgo-biloba-healthy-older-human-subjects.asp

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Influence of the severity of cognitive impairment on the effect of the Gnkgo biloba extract EGb 761 in Alzheimers disease.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the treatment effect of EGb 761((R)) (EGb) in Alzheimers disease depending on baseline severity. METHODS: We applied stratification to the intent-to-treat data set collected during a 52-week, randomized, double-blind, ...
P L Le Bars, F M Velasco, J M Ferguson, E C Dessain, M Kieser, R Hoerr (Neuropsychobiology, 2002)
influence-severity-cognitive-impairment-effect-gnkgo-biloba-extract.asp