The effects of the ketogenic diet on behavior and cognition

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 304-309

  Hallböök, Tove ^a   Ji, Sunggoan ^b   Maudsley, Stuart ^b   Martin, Bronwen ^b  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cognition; Dietary treatment; Learning; Memory; Sleep

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL METABOLISM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; DISEASE MODEL; EPILEPSY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; MEMORY; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SLEEP PATTERN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STROKE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; MEMORY; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SLEEP;

EID: 84864079081     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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