Calorie restriction may not elevate the threshold of PTZ-induced seizures (multiple letters)

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-78

  Likhodii, Sergei S ^a   Burnham, W McIntyre ^a   Eagles, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN LEVEL; CALCULATION; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONVULSION; DIET THERAPY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFUSION; KETOGENIC DIET; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

EID: 0346729769     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2003.10.006     Document Type: Letter

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