Indispensable Amino Acid–Deficient Diets Induce Seizures in Ketogenic Diet–Fed Rodents, Demonstrating a Role for Amino Acid Balance in Dietary Treatments for Epilepsy

Background: Low protein amounts are used in ketogenic diets (KDs), where an essential (indispensable) amino acid (IAA) can become limiting. Because the chemically sensitive, seizurogenic, anterior ...