A 1-month ketogenic diet in patients with migraine gives a clinical beneficial effect associated with increased latency of somatosensory thalamo-cortical activity

• DOI: 10.1016/j.cnp.2024.11.002
• Publication Date: 2024-11-15T02:28:52Z
• Authors: Chiara Abagnale; Gabriele Sebastia...; Francesco Casillo; Antonio Di Renzo; Vincenzo Parisi; Ettore Cioffi; Mariano Serrao; Jean Schoenen; Gianluca Coppola; Cherubino Di Lorenzo
• Keywords: Ketogenic Diet; Somatosensory evoked potential

Since the habituation deficit of evoked potentials could be related to abnormal thalamocortical drive, we searched for a modulatory effect ketogenic diet (KD) on somatosensory-evoked thalamo-cortical activity. KD is effective in preventing migraine. Previous studies showed that normalises somatosensory and visual cortical responses parallel with decrease migraine attack frequency.