Citicoline and brain phospholipid synthesis in humans: a magnetic resonance spectroscopy study
Silveri MM, Dikan J, Ross AJ, Jensen JE, Kamiya T, Kawada Y
Published in NMR in Biomedicine
Methodology
Randomized controlled trial using phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy to measure brain phospholipid and high-energy phosphate metabolites after citicoline.
Key Findings
Citicoline increased brain phosphocreatine and membrane phospholipid synthesis markers versus placebo.
Conclusions
Citicoline supplies substrate for neuronal membrane synthesis underpinning structural plasticity.
Limitations
Small imaging sample; surrogate metabolite endpoints.
Supplements Studied
Citicoline increased brain phosphocreatine and membrane phospholipid synthesis markers
Outcomes Measured
Citicoline increased brain phosphocreatine and membrane phospholipid synthesis markers versus placebo
Citicoline increased brain phosphocreatine and membrane phospholipid synthesis markers versus placebo.
Study Details
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