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Brain/Cognitive Health
Cocoa flavanol consumption improves cognitive function, blood pressure control, and metabolic profile in elderly subjects: the Cocoa, Cognition, and Aging (CoCoA) Study—a randomized controlled trial
Brain/Cognitive Health
Enhancing dentate gyrus function with dietary flavanols improves cognition in older adults
Biological Effects
Benefits in cognitive function, blood pressure, and insulin resistance through cocoa flavanol consumption in elderly subjects with mild cognitive impairment: the Cocoa, Cognition, and Aging (CoCoA) study.
Brain/Cognitive Health
The flavanol (-)-epicatechin prevents stroke damage through the Nrf2/HO1 pathway.
Brain/Cognitive Health
Consumption of cocoa flavanols results in acute improvements in mood and cognitive performance during sustained mental effort.
Biological Effects
Cerebral blood flow response to flavanol-rich cocoa in healthy elderly humans.
Brain/Cognitive Health
Plant-derived flavanol (-)epicatechin enhances angiogenesis and retention of spatial memory in mice.
Brain/Cognitive Health
The effect of flavanol-rich cocoa on the fMRI response to a cognitive task in healthy young people.
Biological Effects
Cocoa flavanols and brain perfusion.
Brain/Cognitive Health
