Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to seizures and epilepsy: cellular mechanisms underlying classification and treatment / Carl E. Stafstrom -- History and origin of the ketogenic diet / James W. Wheless -- The ketogenic diet: the physician's perspective / Eric H. Kossoff and John M. Freeman -- Clinical use of the ketogenic diet: the dietician's role / Beth Zupec-Kania, Rhonda Roel Werner, and Mary L. Zupanc -- How to maintain and support a ketogenic diet program: a nursing perspective / Jeri E. Nichols-Sutherling and Danine Mele-Ha -- Efficacy of the ketogenic diet / James E. Rubenstein and Eileen P.G. Vining -- The ketogenic diet in adults / Michael R. Sperling and Maromi Nei -- Indications and contraindications of the ketogenic diet / Anna Gunhild Christina Bergqvist -- Complications of the ketogenic diet / Karen R. Ballaban-Gil -- Measuring and interpreting ketosis and fatty acid profiles in patients on a high-fat ketogenic diet / Kathy Musa-Veloso and Stephen C. Cunnane -- Insights from neuroimaging studies into ketosis and the ketogenic diet / Jullie W. Pan -- Potential applications of the ketogenic diet in disorders other than epilepsy / Rif S. El-Mallakh -- Dietary treatments for epilepsy other than the ketogenic diet / Carl E. Stafstrom and Gregory L. Holmes -- Effects of the ketogenic diet on cerebral energy metabolism / Douglas R. Nordli Jr. and Darryl C. De Vivo -- The ketogenic diet: interactions with brain amino acid handling / Marc Yudkoff ... [et al.] -- Molecular regulation of ketogenesis / Tim E. Cullingford -- The effects of ketone bodies on neuronal excitability / Sergei S. Likhodii and W. McIntyre Burnham -- Effects of the ketogenic diet on acute seizure models / Douglas A. Eagles and Kristopher J. Bough -- Caloric restriction and epilepsy: historical perspectives, relationship to the ketogenic diet, and analysis in epileptic EL mice / Thomas N. Seyfried, Amanda E. Greene, and Mariana T. Todorova -- The role of norepinephrine in the anticonvulsant mechanism of action of the ketogenic diet / Patricia Szot -- Galanin and neuropeptide Y: orexigenic neuropeptides link food intake, energy homeostasis, and seizure susceptibility / David Weinshenker -- The neuroprotective and antiepileptogenic effects of the ketogenic diet / Jong M. Rho -- Afterword: a parent's perspective on childhood epilepsy / Jim Abrahams.