Norepinephrine is required for the anticonvulsant effect of the ketogenic diet

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 211-214

  Szot, Patricia ^a,b   Weinshenker, David ^c   Rho, Jong M ^d   Storey, Thomas W ^d   Schwartzkroin, Philip A ^b,c  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine hydroxylase; Flurothyl; Ketogenic diet; Mouse; Norepinephrine; Pediatric epilepsy

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; FLUROTHYL; LIPID; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; KETOGENESIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LATENT PERIOD; LIPID DIET; MALE; MOUSE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; CONVULSANTS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; EPILEPSY; FLUROTHYL; KETONE BODIES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NOREPINEPHRINE; REACTION TIME;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0035939996     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(01)00213-9     Document Type: Article

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