Table 3. Overview of the experimental studies.

Exp.		Groups	Species	Treatment duration	Outcome parameters
1	n=10	1) 3:1KD	Sprague Dawley	0-14 wpi	Body weight, blood parameters
	n=9	2) SD			Behavior: cylinder rearing, grooming test
					Histology: lesion area, tissue sparing
2	n=18	1) 3:1KD > SD	Sprague Dawley	0-12 wpi *	Behavior: Cylinder rearing, grooming test, Montoya staircase, Whishaw reaching
	n=18	2) SD		*12-16 wpi Switched back to SD
3	n=13	1) 3:1KD	Sprague Dawley	0-12 wpi	Behavior: Montoya staircase
	n=14	2) SD
4	n=4	1) 3:1KD	Sprague Dawley	0-7 dpi	Histology: Immunofluorescence for MCT1 and GLUT1
	n=5	2) SD
5	n=4	1) 3:1KD	Sprague Dawley	0-14 dpi	Biochemical: RT-PCR for BDNF, PDGFβ, VEGF, HIF1α, SDF1α
	n=4	2) SD
6	n=4	1) 3:1KD	Sprague Dawley	0-14 dpi	Biochemical: Western Blotting for MCT1
	n=5	2) SD
7	n=5	1) 3:1KD	C57Bl/6	0-7 dpi	Histology: Tissue sparing
	n=4	2) SD
	n=6	3) 3:1KD+4-CIN
	n=6	4) SD+4-CIN

Abbreviations: BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor; dpi: days post spinal cord injury; 4-CIN, Alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (MCT1 inhibitor); GLUT1: glucose transporter-1; HIF1α, hypoxia-inducible factor-1α; KD: ketogenic diet; MCT1: monocarboxylate transporter isoform 1; PDGFβ, platelet-derived growth factor-β; SD: standard diet; SDF1α, stromal cell-derived factor -1α; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; wpi: weeks post spinal cord injury.