Because of the effective use of the ketogenic diet in reducing seizures (see above), it has been suggested that it may also improve the clinical
status in brain injury, especially by reducing the incidence of long -
term consequences, such as epilepsy.79 Positive effects of a ketogenic diet have also been reported in reducing the cortical contusion volume in an age - dependent manner in an animal model of cortical injury, which is related to the maturation - dependent variability in brain ketone metabolism.92 These findings were also supported by the demonstration that a ketogenic diet reduced post-traumatic
cognitive and motor function impairment, at least in a rat model.93
Results showed that maternal responsiveness was linked positively with
cognitive and language development but that this relation was moderated by birth
status, such that an overall group difference favoring the full -
term children was attenuated in the case of those children whose mothers provided more rather than less responsive care giving.