Effect of the ketogenic diet on the activity level of wistar rats

Pediatric Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 353-357

  Murphy, Patricia ^a   Likhodii, Sergei S ^a   Hatamian, Mohammad ^a   Burnham, W Mcintyre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; MINERAL; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FAT INTAKE; GROOMING; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; MINERAL INTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHILD; DIET; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; KETONE BODIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 14344263970     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000150804.18038.79     Document Type: Article

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