The ketogenic diet in a pill: Is this possible?

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2008, Pages 127-133

  Rho, Jong M ^a   Sankar, Raman ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calorie restriction; Fatty acids; GABA; Glycolysis; Ketogenic diet; Ketone; Mechanism; Mitochondria; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID; ACETONE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; FELBAMATE; GLUTATHIONE; LEPTIN; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VIGABATRIN;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPILEPSY; KETOGENIC DIET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DOSAGE FORMS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET;

EID: 55349113276     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01857.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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