Stress, Tyrosine and Cognitive Function

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/509289

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

How well people perform in everyday situations is often determined by memory function. When required to perform under stress memory performance is often affected. The effect of a psychological stress test on memory function in healthy volunteers and the ability of a dietary supplement, tyrosine, to prevent the effects will be studied. The data may suggest that depletion amino acids is responsible for the decrements in performance that are evident after an acute stressor.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $274,352.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Vision science

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

complementary medicine | memory | psychological stress | psychopharmacology | stress | stress response | verbal memory | working memory

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