Dietary therapies for the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1133304

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Epilepsy affects about 225,000 Australians, with 30% of suffers still experiencing seizures despite being on medications. A reduction in seizures can significantly improve the health of people with epilepsy who do not respond to medications. Low carbohydrate, high fat diets are a well-established treatment option in children, but this has not previously been studied in Australian adults. The aim of this research is to evaluate if dietary therapies are an effective treatment in adult epilepsy.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2018

End Date: 01-01-2019

Funding Scheme: Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $69,757.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

adult | drug resistant | epilepsy | fat metabolism | nutritional therapy

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