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Lipidomics and Transcriptomics in Neurological Diseases
Published on: March 18, 2022
The ketogenic diet does not alter brain expression of orexigenic neuropeptides
Kroshona Tabb1, Patricia Szot, Sylvia S White
1Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Whitehead Building, Suite 301, 615 Michael Street, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Abstract:
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and galanin are neuropeptides that are regulated by energy states and are also anticonvulsant. We tested the hypothesis that the anticonvulsant efficacy of the ketogenic diet (KD) is mediated by increased expression of NPY and galanin via alterations in food intake and energy metabolism. In situ hybridization revealed no effect of the KD on NPY or galanin mRNA expression, suggesting that increased expression of NPY and galanin do not contribute to the anticonvulsant effect of the KD.
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