Cerebral Blood Flow

The amount of blood, and thus oxygen, that is delivered to the brain. Compounds can enhance cerebral blood flow by either fixing problems in unhealthy persons (fish oil) or outright increase flow (Resveratrol, Chocamine). Does not increase cognition per se, but may augment nootropics.


Research analysis by and verified by the Examine.com Research Team. Last updated on Apr 29, 2017.

Human Effect Matrix

The Human Effect Matrix looks at human studies (it excludes animal and in vitro studies) to tell you what supplements affect cerebral blood flow

Grade Level of Evidence
Robust research conducted with repeated double-blind clinical trials
Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled
Single double-blind study or multiple cohort studies
Uncontrolled or observational studies only
Level of Evidence
? The amount of high quality evidence. The more evidence, the more we can trust the results.
Outcome Magnitude of effect
? The direction and size of the supplement's impact on each outcome. Some supplements can have an increasing effect, others have a decreasing effect, and others have no effect.
Consistency of research results
? Scientific research does not always agree. HIGH or VERY HIGH means that most of the scientific research agrees.
Notes
Marijuana
All comparative evidence is now gathered in our ​A-to-Z Supplement Reference.
The evidence for each separate supplement is still freely available ​here.
Cocoa Extract  
Fish Oil  
Ginkgo biloba  
Green Tea Catechins  
Polypodium leucotomos  
Resveratrol  
Melatonin  
Yohimbine  

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"Cerebral Blood Flow," Examine.com, published on 6 February 2013, last updated on 29 April 2017, https://examine.com/topics/cerebral-blood-flow/