XML Feed for RxPG News   Add RxPG News Headlines to My Yahoo!   Javascript Syndication for RxPG News

Research Health World General
 
  Home
 
 Latest Research
 Cancer
 Psychiatry
 Genetics
 Surgery
 Aging
 Ophthalmology
 Gynaecology
 Neurosciences
  Memory
   Intelligence
  Regeneration
  Stroke
  Brain Diseases
  Headache
  Spinal Cord Diseases
  Demyelinating Diseases
  Neurodegenerative Diseases
  Taste
  Trigeminal Neuralgia
 Pharmacology
 Cardiology
 Obstetrics
 Infectious Diseases
 Respiratory Medicine
 Pathology
 Endocrinology
 Immunology
 Nephrology
 Gastroenterology
 Biotechnology
 Radiology
 Dermatology
 Microbiology
 Haematology
 Dental
 ENT
 Environment
 Embryology
 Orthopedics
 Metabolism
 Anaethesia
 Paediatrics
 Public Health
 Urology
 Musculoskeletal
 Clinical Trials
 Physiology
 Biochemistry
 Cytology
 Traumatology
 Rheumatology
 
 Medical News
 Health
 Opinion
 Healthcare
 Professionals
 Launch
 Awards & Prizes
 
 Careers
 Medical
 Nursing
 Dental
 
 Special Topics
 Euthanasia
 Ethics
 Evolution
 Odd Medical News
 Feature
 
 World News
 Tsunami
 Epidemics
 Climate
 Business
Search

Last Updated: Aug 19th, 2006 - 22:18:38

Memory Channel
subscribe to Memory newsletter

Latest Research : Neurosciences : Memory

   DISCUSS   |   EMAIL   |   PRINT
Sugared drinks can boost memory retention
Jan 19, 2006, 15:38, Reviewed by: Dr. Priya Saxena

"It is widely accepted that when humans face a stressful situation they experience a natural rise in glucose in the body, particularly in the hippocampus"

 
Sugared drinks can help boost memory retention and combat dementia, a study has found.

Researchers led by Leigh Riby from Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, focused on an area of the brain known as the hippocampus, which creates new memories but declines with the onset of dementia, a memory disorder in older people.

They studied 25 volunteers aged between 18 and 52 years and asked them to remember a list of words. The researchers used a series of memory tests and brain-imaging techniques to assess how volunteers responded after guzzling sugary drinks, reported the online edition of Daily Mail.

Those that drank orange-flavoured water containing 25g of sugar, about the same as a can of Coca-Cola, could remember 11 percent more words. If the participants consumed twice that amount of sugar, they showed a 17 percent improvement, the researchers said.

They were also around 100 milliseconds faster at remembering sets of letters shown to them a few minutes earlier.

Riby contented: "Our research shows that consuming a glucose drink can significantly boost memory recall."

The researchers found the hippocampus lit up with activity after participants had a sweetened drink and they were able to recall 17 percent more than without a drink.

"It is widely accepted that when humans face a stressful situation they experience a natural rise in glucose in the body, particularly in the hippocampus," Riby said.

"They also tend to remember these dangerous or scary occurrences more clearly than other memories.

"This glucose-memory system has evolved to help humans survive. Unfortunately, it is compromised in old age."

"What's more, our work on young and middle aged adults shows if we can 'train' our bodies early in life to effectively use their own glucose reserves, poor memory function can be minimised in adulthood."
 

- Indo-Asian News Service
 

 
Subscribe to Memory Newsletter
E-mail Address:

 



Related Memory News

Memories: It's all in the packaging
Atrial Fibrillation linked to Reduced Cognitive Performance
Human Memory Gene Identified
How the Brain Loses Plasticity of Youth
Apple Juice Inproves Memory By Boosting Acetylcholine Production
Fresh Light on How we form New Memories
Multi-tasking affects the brain's learning systems
Music thought to enhance intelligence
Our grip on reality is slim
Short term synaptic plasticity play a widespread role in information processing


For any corrections of factual information, to contact the editors or to send any medical news or health news press releases, use feedback form

Top of Page

 

© Copyright 2004 onwards by RxPG Medical Solutions Private Limited
Contact Us