Effects of creatine supplementation on brain function and health

SC Forbes, DM Cordingley, SM Cornish, B Gualano… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
While the vast majority of research involving creatine supplementation has focused on
skeletal muscle, there is a small body of accumulating research that has focused on creatine …

Creatine supplementation and brain health

H Roschel, B Gualano, SM Ostojic, ES Rawson - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
There is a robust and compelling body of evidence supporting the ergogenic and
therapeutic role of creatine supplementation in muscle. Beyond these well-described effects …

“Heads Up” for Creatine Supplementation and its Potential Applications for Brain Health and Function

DG Candow, SC Forbes, SM Ostojic, K Prokopidis… - Sports Medicine, 2023 - Springer
There is emerging interest regarding the potential beneficial effects of creatine
supplementation on indices of brain health and function. Creatine supplementation can …

Creatine supplementation enhances corticomotor excitability and cognitive performance during oxygen deprivation

CE Turner, WD Byblow, N Gant - Journal of Neuroscience, 2015 - Soc Neuroscience
Impairment or interruption of oxygen supply compromises brain function and plays a role in
neurological and neurodegenerative conditions. Creatine is a naturally occurring compound …

Health implications of creatine: can oral creatine supplementation protect against neurological and atherosclerotic disease?

M Wyss, A Schulze - Neuroscience, 2002 - Elsevier
Major achievements made over the last several years have highlighted the important roles of
creatine and the creatine kinase reaction in health and disease. Inborn errors of metabolism …

Beyond muscle: the effects of creatine supplementation on brain creatine, cognitive processing, and traumatic brain injury

E Dolan, B Gualano, ES Rawson - European journal of sport …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The ergogenic and therapeutic effects of increasing muscle creatine by supplementation are
well-recognized. It appears that similar benefits to brain function and cognitive processing …

[HTML][HTML] Creatine as a neuroprotector: an actor that can play many parts

EP Marques, ATS Wyse - Neurotoxicity Research, 2019 - Springer
Creatine is a nitrogenous organic acid that plays a central role as an energy buffer in high
energy demanding systems, including the muscular and the central nervous system. It can …

[HTML][HTML] Use of creatine in the elderly and evidence for effects on cognitive function in young and old

ES Rawson, AC Venezia - Amino acids, 2011 - Springer
The ingestion of the dietary supplement creatine (about 20 g/day for 5 days or about 2 g/day
for 30 days) results in increased skeletal muscle creatine and phosphocreatine …

Creatine as a booster for human brain function. How might it work?

CD Rae, S Bröer - Neurochemistry international, 2015 - Elsevier
Creatine, a naturally occurring nitrogenous organic acid found in animal tissues, has been
found to play key roles in the brain including buffering energy supply, improving …

Creatine in health and disease

RB Kreider, JR Stout - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Although creatine has been mostly studied as an ergogenic aid for exercise, training, and
sport, several health and potential therapeutic benefits have been reported. This is because …