Low glycaemic index diet reduces seizure susceptibility in a syndrome-specific mouse model of generalized epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-143

  Kim, Tae Hwan ^a   Petrou, Steven ^a   Reid, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Diet; High GI; Ketogenic; Low GI; Spike and wave discharge

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA2; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC INDEX; MALE; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SPIKE WAVE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABSENCE SEIZURES; DIET; HIGH-GI; KETOGENIC; LOW-GI; SPIKE AND WAVE DISCHARGE;

ANIMALS; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; PREGNANCY; SEIZURES;

EID: 84890805572     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.10.014     Document Type: Article

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