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Citicoline (CDP-Choline)
Supplies raw material your brain uses to build cell membranes and its memory messenger.
Say that in clinical terms
Citicoline supplies choline and cytidine, raw materials the brain uses to build phosphatidylcholine for neuronal membranes and to make the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, both involved in memory formation.
How strong is the research?
Solid evidence
Industry funded
2 papers read, 2 supporting.
Tested as: citicoline (Cognizin) 500 mg/day (2x250mg) for 12 weeks in healthy older adults (50-85y) with age-associated memory impairment; also 250-500 mg/day for 28 days in healthy women 40-60
How much to take
250–500 mg