Ketones prevent oxidative impairment of hippocampal synaptic integrity through KATP channels.

Dietary and metabolic therapies are increasingly being considered for a variety of neurological disorders, based in part on growing evidence for the neuroprotective properties of the ketogenic diet (KD) and ketones. Earlier, we demonstrated that ketones afford hippocampal synaptic protection against...

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Main Authors: Do Young Kim, Mohammed G Abdelwahab, Soo Han Lee, Derek O'Neill, Roger J Thompson, Henry J Duff, Patrick G Sullivan, Jong M Rho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4388385?pdf=render