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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epilepsy Res. 2011 Aug 26;100(3):286–294. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.04.016

Table 2.

Studies of metabolism-based therapies in neurodegenerative diseases

Human Animal &/or in vitro
Treatment AD PD AD PD ALS Aging Post-ischemia Mitochondrial Cytopathy
‘Classical’ ketogenic diet X X X X X X
MCT X X
Ketone bodies X X X X X
CR X X

Abbreviations: AD, Alzheimer disease; ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; CR, calorie restriction; MCT, medium chain triglyceride; PD, Parkinson disease

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