Path analysis shows that increasing ketogenic ratio, but not β-hydroxybutyrate, elevates seizure threshold in the rat

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 3-5, 1999, Pages 400-406

  Bough, Kristopher J ^a   Chen, Ru San ^b   Eagles, Douglas A ^a,c  

^a Information Technology Service Development   (United States)

^b Georgetown University ^*  (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Ketogenic diet; Pentylenetetrazole; Rat; Seizure; hydroxybutyrate

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KETOGENESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032738404     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017390     Document Type: Article

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