Ketogenic diet increases concentrations of kynurenic acid in discrete brain structures of young and adult rats

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 679-684

  Zarnowski, Tomasz ^a   Chora̧giewicz, Tomasz ^a   Tulidowicz Bielak, Maria ^a   Thaler, Sebastian ^b   Rejdak, Robert ^a   Zarnowska, Iwona ^c   Turski, Waldemar Andrzej ^a,d   Gasior, MacIej ^e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Private Medical Centre   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^e BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cortex; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Ketogenic diet; Kynurenic acid; Neurodegenerative disorders; Striatum

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; KYNURENIC ACID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIET; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; KETOGENIC DIET; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; KETOGENIC DIET; KYNURENIC ACID; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN;

EID: 84863466763     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-011-0750-2     Document Type: Article

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