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A Ketogenic Diet Increases the Resistance to Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Seizures in the Rat

  1. Kristopher J. Bough,
  2. Douglas A. Eagles*

Article first published online: 2 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb02066.x

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Epilepsia

Epilepsia

Volume 40, Issue 2, pages 138–143, February 1999

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Bough, K. J. and Eagles, D. A. (1999), A Ketogenic Diet Increases the Resistance to Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Seizures in the Rat. Epilepsia, 40: 138–143. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb02066.x

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  1. Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

*Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. D. A. Eagles at Biology Department, Georgetown University, Box 571229, Washington, DC 20057-1229, U.S.A.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 2 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 2 AUG 2005
  3. Accepted August 17, 1998.

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