Ketogenic Diet Increases Glutathione Peroxidase Activity in Rat Hippocampus
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Neurochemical Research
- Vol. 28 (12), 1793-1797
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1026107405399
Abstract
Ketogenic diets have been used in the treatment of refractory childhood epilepsy for almost 80 years; however, we know little about the underlying biochemical basis of their action. In this study, we...Keywords
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