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What the evidence found 3 findings
Based on 12 sources:
PMC Research Article peer-reviewed View
PMC Research Article peer-reviewed View
MedRxiv Preprint institutional View
PubMed peer-reviewed View
PMC peer-reviewed View
ResearchGate institutional View
ResearchGate - Randomized trial in patients with schizophrenia peer-reviewed View
PMC - Neurodevelopmental Pathways from Maternal Obesity to Offspring peer-reviewed View
Avgerinos et al. Experimental Gerontology 2018 peer-reviewed
PMC article by C Xu et al., 2024 peer-reviewed View
ResearchGate publication on dose-response effects peer-reviewed View
MDPI Nutrients journal by R Burke et al., 2023 peer-reviewed View
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Journal of Personalized and Precision Medicine peer-reviewed View
ScienceDirect peer-reviewed View
Multinuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of high-energy phosphate metabolism peer-reviewed View
PMC Research Article peer-reviewed View
Mountain Tactical Institute Research Review institutional View
PubMed study on blood-brain barrier creatine transport peer-reviewed View
Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience peer-reviewed View
ResearchGate publication on blood-brain barrier creatine transport peer-reviewed View
PMC - NIH peer-reviewed View
MDPI peer-reviewed View
Based on 9 sources:
PMC article on sleep deprivation consequences peer-reviewed View
ResearchGate publication on creatine and cognitive performance peer-reviewed View
ScienceDirect peer-reviewed View
PMC peer-reviewed View
PMC peer-reviewed View
Walk Around - Oregon State University institutional View
PMC peer-reviewed View
Nature peer-reviewed View
Medical Xpress news View
What research hasn't answered 3 gaps
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MedRxiv Preprint institutional View
PubMed peer-reviewed View
PMC peer-reviewed View
PMC Research Article peer-reviewed View
PMC Research Article peer-reviewed View
MedRxiv Preprint institutional View
PubMed peer-reviewed View
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2018 Prokopidis · Cochrane argumentation
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