TY - JOUR
T1 - Ketogenic diet as a metabolic therapy for mood disorders
T2 - Evidence and developments
AU - Brietzke, Elisa
AU - Mansur, Rodrigo B
AU - Subramaniapillai, Mehala
AU - Balanzá-Martínez, Vicent
AU - Vinberg, Maj
AU - González-Pinto, Ana
AU - Rosenblat, Joshua D
AU - Ho, Roger
AU - McIntyre, Roger S
N1 - Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/11/1
Y1 - 2018/11/1
N2 - Despite significant advances in pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments, mood disorders remain a significant source of mental capital loss, with high rates of treatment resistance, requiring a coordinated effort in investigation and development of efficient, tolerable and accessible novel interventions. Ketogenic diet (KD) is a low-carb diet that substantially changes the energetic matrix of the body including the brain. It has been established as an effective anticonvulsant treatment, and more recently, the role of KD for mental disorders has been explored. Ketogenic diet has profound effects in multiple targets implicated in the pathophysiology of mood disorders, including but not limited to, glutamate/GABA transmission, monoamine levels, mitochondrial function and biogenesis, neurotrophism, oxidative stress, insulin dysfunction and inflammation. Preclinical studies, case reports and case series have demonstrated antidepressant and mood stabilizing effects of KD, however, to date, no clinical trials for depression or bipolar disorder have been conducted. Because of its potential pleiotropic benefits, KD should be considered as a promising intervention in research in mood disorder therapeutics, especially in treatment resistant presentations.
AB - Despite significant advances in pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments, mood disorders remain a significant source of mental capital loss, with high rates of treatment resistance, requiring a coordinated effort in investigation and development of efficient, tolerable and accessible novel interventions. Ketogenic diet (KD) is a low-carb diet that substantially changes the energetic matrix of the body including the brain. It has been established as an effective anticonvulsant treatment, and more recently, the role of KD for mental disorders has been explored. Ketogenic diet has profound effects in multiple targets implicated in the pathophysiology of mood disorders, including but not limited to, glutamate/GABA transmission, monoamine levels, mitochondrial function and biogenesis, neurotrophism, oxidative stress, insulin dysfunction and inflammation. Preclinical studies, case reports and case series have demonstrated antidepressant and mood stabilizing effects of KD, however, to date, no clinical trials for depression or bipolar disorder have been conducted. Because of its potential pleiotropic benefits, KD should be considered as a promising intervention in research in mood disorder therapeutics, especially in treatment resistant presentations.
KW - Animals
KW - Diet, Ketogenic
KW - Humans
KW - Mood Disorders/diet therapy
U2 - 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.07.020
DO - 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.07.020
M3 - Review
C2 - 30075165
SN - 0149-7634
VL - 94
SP - 11
EP - 16
JO - Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
JF - Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
ER -