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SUBMITTER: Dallerac G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5511156 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dallérac Glenn G Moulard Julien J Benoist Jean-François JF Rouach Stefan S Auvin Stéphane S Guilbot Angèle A Lenoir Loïc L Rouach Nathalie N
Scientific reports 20170714 1
Epilepsy is a neurological condition that affects 1% of the world population. Conventional treatments of epilepsy use drugs targeting neuronal excitability, inhibitory or excitatory transmission. Yet, one third of patients presents an intractable form of epilepsy and fails to respond to pharmacological anti-epileptic strategies. The ketogenic diet is a well-established non-pharmacological treatment that has been proven to be effective in reducing seizure frequency in the pharmaco-resistant patie ...[more]