Ketones and brain function: Possible link to polyunsaturated fatty acids and availability of a new brain PET tracer, 11C-acetoacetate

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2008, Pages 76-79

  Pifferi, Fabien ^a   Tremblay, Sébastien ^a   Plourde, Mélanie ^a   Tremblay Mercier, Jennifer ^a   Bentourkia, M'Hamed ^a   Cunnane, Stephen C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Research Centre on Aging   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetoacetate; Brain; Epilepsy; Ketogenic diet; Ketones; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ACETOACETATE C 11; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CARBON 11; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; KETONE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ACETOACETATES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHILD; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; KETONES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RATS; SEIZURES;

EID: 55349122964     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01842.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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