Dietary medium chain triglycerides for management of epilepsy: New data from human, dog, and rodent studies

FY Han, L Conboy‐Schmidt, G Rybachuk, HA Volk… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Many studies show that glucose metabolism in epileptic brain areas can be impaired.
Energy is crucial to maintain normal brain function, including ion and neurotransmitter …

Dogs as a natural animal model of epilepsy

W Löscher - Frontiers in veterinary science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Epilepsy is a common neurological disease in both humans and domestic dogs, making
dogs an ideal translational model of epilepsy. In both species, epilepsy is a complex brain …

Beneficial effects of exogenous ketogenic supplements on aging processes and age-related neurodegenerative diseases

Z Kovács, B Brunner, C Ari - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Life expectancy of humans has increased continuously up to the present days, but their
health status (healthspan) was not enhanced by similar extent. To decrease enormous …

Translational veterinary epilepsy: A win-win situation for human and veterinary neurology

M Charalambous, A Fischer, H Potschka… - The Veterinary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Epilepsy is a challenging multifactorial disorder with a complex genetic background. Our
current understanding of the pathophysiology and treatment of epilepsy has substantially …

Case report: Embedding “digital chronotherapy” into medical devices—a canine validation for controlling status epilepticus through multi-scale rhythmic brain …

M Zamora, S Meller, F Kajin, JJ Sermon… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Circadian and other physiological rhythms play a key role in both normal homeostasis and
disease processes. Such is the case of circadian and infradian seizure patterns observed in …

Feeding of fish oil and medium-chain triglycerides to canines impacts circulating structural and energetic lipids, endocannabinoids, and non-lipid metabolite profiles

MI Jackson, DE Jewell - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The effect of medium-chain fatty acid-containing triglycerides (MCT), long-chain
polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing triglycerides from fish oil (FO), and their combination …

[HTML][HTML] Pathophysiology of drug-resistant canine epilepsy

H Potschka, A Fischer, W Löscher, HA Volk - The Veterinary Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Drug resistance continues to be a major clinical problem in the therapeutic management of
canine epilepsies with substantial implications for quality of life and survival times …

Supplementation of regular diet with medium-chain triglycerides for procognitive effects: a narrative review

K Shcherbakova, A Schwarz, S Apryatin… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
It is now widely accepted that ketosis (a physiological state characterized by elevated
plasma ketone body levels) possesses a wide range of neuroprotective effects. There is a …

[HTML][HTML] Epilepsy is more than a simple seizure disorder: Parallels between human and canine cognitive and behavioural comorbidities

SI Peek, S Meller, F Twele, RMA Packer, HA Volk - The Veterinary Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Psychiatric and cognitive comorbidities have been known to play a major role in human
epilepsy for a long time. People with epilepsy (PWE) frequently express signs of varying …

Medium-chain triglycerides dietary supplement improves cognitive abilities in canine epilepsy

BA Berk, RMA Packer, TH Law, A Wessmann… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Cognitive impairments (CI) have recently been identified in canine epilepsy
patients. A medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) enriched diet has been demonstrated to …