Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Keywords
cognitive function, creatine, functional near-infrared spectroscopy, oxygenated hemoglobin, prefrontal cortex
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Brain Sciences
Volume
13
Issue
9
Abstract
To determine if creatine (Cr) supplementation could influence cognitive performance and whether any changes were related to changes in prefrontal cortex (PFC) activation during such cognitive tasks, thirty (M = 11, F = 19) participants were evenly randomized to receive supplementation with Cr (CR10:10 g/day or CR20:20 g/day) or a placebo (PLA:10 g/day) for 6 weeks. Participants completed a cognitive test battery (processing speed, episodic memory, and attention) on two separate occasions prior to and following supplementation. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) was used to measure PFC oxyhemoglobin (O2Hb) during the cognitive evaluation. A two-way repeated measures ANOVA was used to determine the differences between the groups and the timepoints for the cognitive performance scores and PFC O2Hb. In addition, a one-way ANOVA of % change was used to determine pre- and post-differences between the groups. Creatine (independent of dosage) had no significant effect on the measures of cognitive performance. There was a trend for decreased relative PFC O2Hb in the CR10 group versus the PLA group in the processing speed test (p = 0.06). Overall, six weeks of Cr supplementation at a moderate or high dose does not improve cognitive performance or change PFC activation in young adults.
Department
Department of Kinesiology
Original Publication Date
9-1-2023
DOI of published version
10.3390/brainsci13091276
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Moriarty, Terence; Bourbeau, Kelsey; Dorman, Katie; Runyon, Lance; Glaser, Noah; Brandt, Jenna; Hoodjer, Mallory; Forbes, Scott C.; and Candow, Darren G., "Dose–Response of Creatine Supplementation on Cognitive Function in Healthy Young Adults" (2023). Faculty Publications. 5463.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/5463