Article
Caloric restriction inhibits seizure susceptibility in epileptic EL mice by reducing blood glucose.
Epilepsia - 1 Nov 2001
Greene A E, Todorova M T, McGowan R, Seyfried T N
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Caloric restriction (CR) involves underfeeding and has long been recognized as a dietary therapy that improves health and increases longevity. In contrast to severe fasting or starvation, CR reduces total food intake without causing nutritional deficiencies. Although fasting has been recognized as an effective antiseizure therapy since the time of the ancient Greeks, the mechanism by which fasting...
Topics
- 3-Hydroxybutyric Acid
- Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Animals
- Blood Glucose
- Body Weight
- Disease Models, Animal
- Energy Intake
- Epilepsy
- Fasting
- Female
- Ketones