Detrimental Effects of the Ketogenic Diet on Cognitive Function in Rats

Pediatric Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 498-506

  Zhao, Qian ^a,b   Stafstrom, Carl E ^c   Fu, Dong Dong ^b   Hu, Yingchu ^a,b   Holmes, Gregory L ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUROTHYL; LITHIUM; PILOCARPINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMOTIONALITY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; KETOGENIC DIET; LIPID DIET; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOSSY FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIET; LITHIUM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES;

EID: 1242342179     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000112032.47575.D1     Document Type: Article

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