Animal models of the ketogenic diet: what have we learned, what can we learn?

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-259

  Stafstrom, Carl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Epilepsy; Epileptogenesis; Ketogenic diet; Ketosis; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN METABOLISM; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; KETOACIDOSIS; KETOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIETARY FATS; EPILEPSY; FASTING; FORECASTING; KETONES; KETOSIS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0032830065     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(99)00067-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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