Timing of ketogenic diet initiation in an experimental epilepsy model

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 131-138

  Su, S W ^a   Cilio, M R ^a   Sogawa, Y ^a   Silveira, D ^a   Holmes, G L ^a   Stafstrom, C E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Epilepsy; Kainic acid; Ketogenic diet; Spontaneous recurrent seizure; Hydroxybutyrate

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; KAINIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; KETOGENESIS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOSSY FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; KAINIC ACID; KETOSIS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0034731403     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(00)00130-9     Document Type: Article

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