Effects of ketogenic diets on the occurrence of pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus of rats

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 93-98

  Gama, Iclea Rocha ^a   Trindade Filho, Euclides Marinho ^b   Oliveira, Suzana Lima ^a   Bueno, Nassib Bezerra ^a   Melo, Isabelle Tenório ^a   Cabral Junior, Cyro Rego ^a   Barros, Elenita M ^a   Galvão, Jaqueline A ^a   Pereira, Wanessa S ^a   Ferreira, Raphaela C ^a   Domingos, Bruna R ^a   da Rocha Ataide, Terezinha ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^b Rod Eduardo Alves da Silva   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coconut oil; Ketogenic diet; Pilocarpine; Status epilepticus; Triheptanoin

Indexed keywords

COCONUT OIL; CONVULSANT AGENT; FAT INTAKE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PILOCARPINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIHEPTANOIN; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFECTS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAT INTAKE; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; RAT; SEIZURES; THERAPEUTIC USE; WEIGHT GAIN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CONVULSANTS; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PILOCARPINE; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84939880428     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-014-9586-4     Document Type: Article

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