The MCT ketogenic diet: Effects on animal seizure models

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 696-703

  Thavendiranathan, Paaladinesh ^a   Mendonca, Antonio ^a   Dell, Cynthia ^b   Likhodii, Sergei S ^b   Musa, Kathy ^b   Iracleous, Costa ^a   Cunnane, Stephen C ^b   Burnham, W McIntyre ^a  

^a HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ketogenic diet; MES; MES threshold; Pentylenetetrazol; Threshold ECS; hydroxybutyrate

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FAT INTAKE; KETOGENESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

EID: 0034009589     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7298     Document Type: Article

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