Mitochondrial Profiles and the Anticonvulsant Effect of the Ketogenic Diet

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-20-9-5

Keywords:

Mitochondrial Profiles, Ketogenic Diet, Dentate Gyrus

Abstract

A study of the anticonvulsant effect of the ketogenic diet (KD) in adolescent rats, at Emory University and other centers, found that the hippocampus responds by inducing mitochondrial biogenesis, enhancing metabolic gene expression, and increasing energy reserves.

Published

2006-09-01

Issue

Section

Seizure Disorders