Biochemical effect of a ketogenic diet on the brains of obese adult rats

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 899-904

  Mohamed, Hoda E ^a   El Swefy, Sahar E ^a   Rashed, Leila A ^b   Abd El Latif, Sally K ^a  

^a Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Amyloid protein precursor; Apolipoprotein E; Ketogenic diet; Neurodegeneration; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CASPASE 3; LIPID; MESSENGER RNA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; METABOLISM; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UPREGULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77952670685     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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