A ketogenic diet and knockout of the norepinephrine transporter both reduce seizure severity in mice

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-211

  Martillotti, Jared ^a   Weinshenker, David ^b   Liles, L Cameron ^b   Eagles, Douglas A ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calorie restriction; Diet; Ketogenic diet; Maximal electroshock; NET knockout; Seizure

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; KETOGENIC DIET; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; KETONES; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NOREPINEPHRINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEIZURES;

EID: 33644547017     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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