Diet-induced ketosis does not cause cerebral acidosis

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 258-261

  Al Mudallal, Ali S ^a   LaManna, Joseph C ^a   Lust, W David ^a   Harik, Sami I ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid; Brain acidosis; Cerebral intracellular pH; Ketogenic diet; Ketone bodies

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE; KETONE; LACTIC ACID;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL PH; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; KETOACIDOSIS; KETOGENESIS; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KETONES; KETOSIS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030067812     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00022.x     Document Type: Article

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