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Dietary Fat, Ketosis, and Seizure Resistance in Rats on the Ketogenic Diet

  1. Sergei S. Likhodii1,2,*,
  2. Kathy Musa1,
  3. Antonio Mendonca2,
  4. Cynthia Dell1,
  5. W. McIntyre Burnham2,
  6. Stephen C. Cunnane1

Article first published online: 2 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00115.x

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Epilepsia

Epilepsia

Volume 41, Issue 11, pages 1400–1410, November 2000

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Likhodii, S. S., Musa, K., Mendonca, A., Dell, C., Burnham, W. M. and Cunnane, S. C. (2000), Dietary Fat, Ketosis, and Seizure Resistance in Rats on the Ketogenic Diet. Epilepsia, 41: 1400–1410. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00115.x

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  1. 1

    Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Bloorview Epilepsy Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

  2. 2

    Departments of Pharmacology and Bloorview Epilepsy Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

*Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. S. S. Likhodii at Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 1A8. E-mail: sergei.likhodi@utoronto.ca

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  1. Issue published online: 2 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 2 AUG 2005
  3. Accepted July 5, 2000

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