| Literature DB >> 19049594 |
Marc Yudkoff1, Yevgeny Daikhin, Oksana Horyn, Ilana Nissim, Itzhak Nissim.
Abstract
We hypothesize that one mechanism of the anti-epileptic effect of the ketogenic diet is to alter brain handling of glutamate. According to this formulation, in ketotic brain astrocyte metabolism is more active, resulting in enhanced conversion of glutamate to glutamine. This allows for: (a) more efficient removal of glutamate, the most important excitatory neurotransmitter; and (b) more efficient conversion of glutamine to GABA, the major inhibitory neurotransmitter.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19049594 PMCID: PMC2722878 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01841.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Epilepsia ISSN: 0013-9580 Impact factor: 5.864