Figure 4. 3:1 ketogenic diet (3:1 KD) improved reaching as assessed with the Montoya staircase test in an independent set of rats: experiment 3.

At 6 weeks post-injury, 3:1 KD fed animals showed an increased success to retrieve pellets in the staircase test compared to standard diet (SD) rats. This beneficial effect however was lost at 12 weeks post-injury. Error bars indicate SEM. * p ≤ 0.05 (t-test).