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  1. In Press

    Jackson PA, Deary ME, Reay JL, Scholey AB & Kennedy DO. No effect of 12 weeks' supplementation with 1 g DHA-rich or EPA-rich fish oil on cognitive function or mood in healthy young adults aged 18-35 years. British Journal of Nutrition.

  2. 2011

    Kennedy DO and Wightman EL (2011) Herbal extracts and phytochemicals: plant secondary metabolites and the enhancement of human brain function. Advances in Nutrition 2:32-50.

  3. 2011

    Kennedy DO and Haskell CF (2011) Vitamins and Cognition: What is the Evidence? Drugs 71(15):1957-71.

  4. 2011

    Kennedy DO, Jones E, Haskell CF (2011) Vitamin status, cognition and mood in cognitively intact adults. In Benton D (Ed) Lifetime nutritional influences on cognition, behaviour and psychiatric illness. Woodhead publishing, pp 194-250.

  5. 2011

    Kennedy D, Dodd F, Robertson B, Okello E, Reay J, Scholey A, Haskell C (2011) Monoterpenoid extract of sage (Salvia lavandulaefolia) with cholinesterase inhibiting properties improves cognitive performance and mood in healthy adults. Journal of Psychopharmacology 25: 1088-1100.

  6. 2010

    Reay JL, Scholey AB, Kennedy DO (2010) Panax ginseng (G115) improves aspects of working memory performance and subjective ratings of calmness in healthy young adults. Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental;25:462-471.

  7. 2009

    Kennedy DO, Jackson PA, Elliott JM, Scholey AB, Robertson BC, Greer J, Tiplady B, Buchanan T, Haskell CF (2009) Cognitive and mood effects of 8 weeks' supplementation with 400 mg or 1000 mg of the omega-3 essential fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in healthy children aged 10-12 years. Nutritional Neuroscience 12:48-56.

  8. 2009

    Riby LM, Marriott A, Bullock R, Hancock J, Smallwood J, McLaughlin J (2009) The Effects of glucose ingestion and glucose regulation on memory performance in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 63: 566-71.

  9. 2008

    Scholey AB and Haskell CF (2008) Neurocognitive effects of Guaraná [invited review]. Drugs of the Future 33:869-874.

  10. 2008

    Haskell CF, Kennedy DO, Milne AL, Wesnes KA, Scholey AB (2008) The effects of l-theanine, caffeine and their combination on cognition and mood. Biological Psychology 77:113-22.

  11. 2007

    Ingwersen J, Defeyter G, Kennedy DO, Wesnes K, Scholey AB (2007) A low glycaemic index breakfast cereal preferentially prevents children's cognitive performance from declining throughout the morning. Appetite 49(1):240-244.

  12. 2007

    Haskell CF, Kennedy DO, Wesnes KA, Milne AL, Scholey AB (2007) A double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-dose evaluation of the acute behavioural effects of guaraná in humans. Journal of Psychopharmacology 21:65-70.

  13. 2007

    Kennedy DO, Jackson PA, Haskell CF, Scholey AB (2007) Modulation of cognitive performance following single doses of 120mg Ginkgo biloba extract administered to healthy young volunteers. Human Psychopharmacology 22:559-66.

  14. 2007

    Kennedy DO, Reay JL, Scholey AB (2007) Effects of 8 weeks administration of Korean Panax ginseng extract on the mood and cognitive performance of healthy individuals. Journal of Ginseng Research 31(1):34-43

  15. 2007

    Kennedy DO, Haskell CF, Mauri PL, Scholey AB (2007) Acute cognitive effects of standardised Ginkgo biloba extract complexed with phosphatidylserine. Human Psychopharmacology - Clinical and Experimental. 22(4):199-210.

  16. 2006

    Riby LM, McMurtrie H, Smallwood J, Smith E (2006) The impact of glucose ingestion, age and task difficulty on retrieval from episodic and semantic memory. British Journal of Nutrition 95: 414-420.

  17. 2006

    Scholey AB, Laing S, Kennedy DO (2006) Blood glucose changes and memory: effects of manipulating emotionality and mental effort. Biological Psychology 71:12-19.

  18. 2006

    Kennedy DO and Scholey AB (2006) The psychopharmacology of European herbs with cognition enhancing properties. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 12(35):4613-4623.

  19. 2006

    Kennedy DO, Reay JL, Scholey AB (2006) Effects of 8 weeks administration of Korean Panax ginseng extract on mood and cognitive performance in healthy individuals. In: Oh S, Choi T (Eds) Advances in Ginseng Research 2006. Korean Society of Ginseng. Seoul. Korea.

  20. 2006

    Riby LM and Riby DM (2006) Glucose, Ageing and Cognition: The Hippocampus Hypothesis. In Ballesteros, S. (2006) (Ed). Age, Cognition and Neuroscience. Madrid: UNED, Varia

  21. 2005

    Kennedy DO and Scholey AB (2005) Sage and Brain function. Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews Series A 75(8):25�31.

  22. 2005

    Reay JL, Kennedy DO, Scholey AB (2005) Single doses of Panax ginseng (G115) reduce blood glucose levels and improve cognitive performance during sustained mental activity. Journal of Psychopharmacology 19(4):357-365.

  23. 2005

    Haskell CF, Kennedy DO, Wesnes KA, Scholey AB (2005) Cognitive and mood improvements of caffeine in habitual consumers and habitual non-consumers of caffeine. Psychopharmacology 179:813-25.

  24. 2005

    Tildesley NTJ, Kennedy DO, Perry EK, C.G. Ballard CG, Wesnes KA, Scholey AB (2005) Positive modulation of mood and cognitive performance following administration of acute doses of Salvia lavandulaefolia essential oil to healthy young volunteers. Physiology and Behavior 83:699-709.

  25. 2004

    Scholey AB and Kennedy DO (2004) Cognitive and physiological effects of an "energy drink": an evaluation of the whole drink and of glucose, caffeine and herbal flavouring fractions. Psychopharmacology 176:320-330.

  26. 2004

    Kennedy DO, Haskell CF, Wesnes KA, Scholey AB (2004) Improved cognitive performance in human volunteers following administration of guaraná (Paullinia cupana) extract: comparison and interaction with Panax ginseng. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior 79(3):401-11.

  27. 2004

    Meikle A, Riby LM, Stollery B (2004) The impact of glucose ingestion and gluco-regulatory control on cognitive performance: A comparison of younger and middle-aged adults. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical & Experimental 19: 523-535.

  28. 2004

    Riby LM (2004) The impact of age and task domain on cognitive performance: A meta-analytic review of the glucose facilitation effect. Brain Impairment (Cognitive Ageing Special Issue) 5: 145-165.

  29. 2004

    Riby LM, Meikle A, Glover C (2004) The effects of age, glucose ingestion and gluco-regulatory control on episodic memory. Age and Ageing 33: 483-487.

  30. 2004

    Wesnes KA, Zangara A, Scholey AB, Kennedy DO (2004) Natural products as cognition enhancing agents. In Buccafusco JJ (Ed.) Cognitive Enhancing Drugs. (pp.151-178). Basel-Boston-Berlin, Birkhauser Verlag.

  31. 2003

    Kennedy DO and Scholey AB (2003) Ginseng: potential in the enhancement of cognitive performance and mood. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 75:687-700.

  32. 2003

    Kennedy DO, Wake G, Savealev S, Tildesley NTJ, Perry EK, Wesnes KA, Scholey AB (2003) Modulation of mood and cognitive performance following administration of single doses of Melissa officinalis (Lemon balm) with human CNS nicotinic and muscarinic receptor binding properties. Neuropsychopharmacology 28:1871-1881.

  33. 2003

    Tildesley NTJ, Kennedy DO, Perry EK, Ballard C, Savelev S, Wesnes KA, Scholey AB (2003) Salvia lavandulaefolia (Spanish Sage) enhances memory in healthy young volunteers. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 75:669-674.

  34. 2002

    Kennedy DO, Scholey AB, Tildesley NTJ, Perry EK, and Wesnes KA (2002) Modulation of mood and cognitive performance following acute administration of single doses of Melissa officinalis (Lemon Balm). Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 72:953-964.

  35. 2002

    Kennedy DO, Scholey AB and Wesnes KA (2002) Modulation of cognition and mood following administration of single doses of Ginkgo biloba, Ginseng and a Ginkgo/Ginseng combination to healthy young adults. Physiology and Behavior 75:739-751.

  36. 2002

    Kennedy DO (2002) The effects of Ginseng on memory and mood. In Nam-In Baek (Ed) Advances in Ginseng Research 2002. The Korean Society of Ginseng. Seoul. Korea.

  37. 2001

    Kennedy DO, Scholey AB and Wesnes K (2001) Dose dependent changes in cognitive performance and mood following acute administration of Ginseng to healthy young volunteers. Nutritional Neuroscience 4:295-310.

  38. 2001

    Neave N, Scholey AB, Emmett JR, Moss M, Kennedy DO, Wesnes KA (2001) Water ingestion improves subjective alertness, but has no effect on cognitive performance in dehydrated healthy young volunteers. Appetite 37:255-256.

  39. 2001

    Kennedy DO, Scholey AB and Wesnes K (2001) Differential, dose dependent changes in cognitive performance following acute administration of a Ginkgo biloba/Panax ginseng combination to healthy young volunteers. Nutritional Neuroscience, 4:399-412.

  40. 2000

    Kennedy DO, Scholey AB, Wesnes K (2000) The dose dependent cognitive effects of acute administration of Ginkgo biloba to healthy young volunteers. Psychopharmacology 151:416-423.

  41. 2000

    Kennedy DO and Scholey AB (2000) Glucose administration, heart rate and cognitive performance: effects of increasing mental effort. Psychopharmacology 149:63-71.

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