Ketogenic diet dampens excitatory neurotransmission by shrinking synaptic vesicle pools

Authors

• Marion I Stunault, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Pan-Yue Deng, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Anjali Yadav, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Erica M Periandri, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Francisca N de Luna Vitorino, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Michael B Thomsen, CS27 Bioinformatics
• Jasmin Sponagel, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Amelia J Barfield, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Renzelle J Ponce, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Layla Foroughi, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Benjamin A Garcia, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Gabor Egervari, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Vitaly A Klyachko, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Ghazaleh Ashrafi, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Journal

Cell Reports

Publication Date

2-24-2026

Volume

45

Issue

2

First Page

116945

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1016/j.celrep.2026.116945

Rights and Permissions

Stunault MI, Deng PY, Yadav A, Periandri EM, de Luna Vitorino FN, Thomsen MB, Sponagel J, Barfield AJ, Ponce RJ, Foroughi L, Garcia BA, Egervari G, Klyachko VA, Ashrafi G. Ketogenic diet dampens excitatory neurotransmission by shrinking synaptic vesicle pools. Cell Rep. 2026 Feb 24;45(2):116945. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2026.116945. © 2026 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Recommended Citation

Stunault, Marion I; Deng, Pan-Yue; Yadav, Anjali; Periandri, Erica M; de Luna Vitorino, Francisca N; Thomsen, Michael B; Sponagel, Jasmin; Barfield, Amelia J; Ponce, Renzelle J; Foroughi, Layla; Garcia, Benjamin A; Egervari, Gabor; Klyachko, Vitaly A; and Ashrafi, Ghazaleh, "Ketogenic diet dampens excitatory neurotransmission by shrinking synaptic vesicle pools." Cell Reports. 45, 2. 116945 (2026).
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/oa_4/7286

Department

ICTS (Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences)

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