title: [Not Quite] The Ketogenic Diet in a Pill.
abstract: Researchers at Okayama University, Japan showed lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) inhibition suppresses neuronal excitation in vitro, reduces EEG discharges and seizures in rodent models, and may provide a novel mechanism for anticonvulsant medications in human patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Epilepsy; Ketogenic Diet; Lactate Dehydrogenase; Stiripentol