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The Effects of Ketone Bodies on Neuronal Excitability

  • Likhodii S
  • Burnham W
Humana Press, (2004), 217-228
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59259-808-3_17
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Abstract

This chapter discusses the metabolic roles of the ketone bodies, i.e. β-hydroxybutyrate, acetoacetate, acetone, in neuronal excitability, with emphasis on the mechanisms behind their direct anticonvulsant activity in relation to the ketogenic diet.

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Likhodii, S. S., & Burnham, W. M. (2004). The Effects of Ketone Bodies on Neuronal Excitability. In Epilepsy and the Ketogenic Diet (pp. 217–228). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-808-3_17

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