Tyrosine supplementation mitigates working memory decrements during cold exposure
Autor: | Harris R. Lieberman, Caroline R. Mahoney, F. Matthew Kramer, John W. Castellani, Andrew J. Young |
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Rok vydání: | 2007 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Cold exposure Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Placebo Environmental stress Body Temperature Developmental psychology Discrimination Learning Behavioral Neuroscience Cognition Double-Blind Method Reference Values Stress Physiological Internal medicine Reaction Time medicine Humans Dietary supplementation Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance Tyrosine Analysis of Variance Working memory Adaptation Physiological Cold Temperature Memory Short-Term Endocrinology Dietary Supplements Female Analysis of variance Psychology |
Zdroj: | Physiology & Behavior. 92:575-582 |
ISSN: | 0031-9384 |
Popis: | In rats, dietary supplementation with the amino acid tyrosine (TYR) prevents depletion of central catecholamines observed during acute environmental stress. Concomitant changes in the animals' behavioral responses to stress suggest that TYR might have similar effects on central catecholamines and cognition in humans exposed to environmental stress. This study aimed to determine if severe cold exposure impairs human cognition and if dietary supplementation with TYR would ameliorate such deficits. Volunteers (N=19) completed three test sessions on different days (35 degrees C control/placebo, approximately 10 degrees C/placebo, approximately 10 degrees C/TYR) using a double-blind, within subjects design. During each session, volunteers completed two 90-minute water immersions and consumed a food bar (150 mg/kg TYR or placebo) before each immersion (total TYR 300 mg/kg). Cognitive performance, mood, and salivary cortisol were assessed. Cortisol was elevated in the cold (p.01). Volunteers made fewer correct responses on a Match-to-Sample memory measure (p.05) and reaction time (RT) and errors increased on a choice RT test (p.01) in the cold. Self-reported tension (p.01), depression (p.05) and confusion (p.01) also increased in the cold. When volunteers consumed TYR, correct responses increased on a Match-to-Sample memory measure (p.05) and study time for the sample was shorter (p.05), indicative of more rapid and accurate information processing. Finally, RT on the memory measure revealed a similar pattern across immersions for TYR and thermoneutral conditions, but not cold/placebo (p.05). This study demonstrates cold exposure degrades cognitive performance and supplementation with TYR alleviates working memory decrements. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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