About the Authors

Mohammed G. Abdelwahab

Affiliation Neuro-Oncology Research, Barrow Neurological Institute® of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Kathryn E. Fenton

Affiliation Neuro-Oncology Research, Barrow Neurological Institute® of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Mark C. Preul

Affiliation Neurosurgery Research, Barrow Neurological Institute® of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Jong M. Rho

Current address: Departments of Pediatrics and Clinical Neurosciences, Alberta Children's Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Affiliation Pediatric Epilepsy Research, Barrow Neurological Institute® of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Andrew Lynch

Affiliation Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, Danone Research, Centre for Specialised Nutrition, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Phillip Stafford

Affiliation AZ Biodesign, Center for Innovations in Medicine, Arizona State University School of Life Sciences, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Adrienne C. Scheck

adrienne.scheck@thebni.edu

Affiliations Neuro-Oncology Research, Barrow Neurological Institute® of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America, Neurosurgery Research, Barrow Neurological Institute® of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

This work was supported by a grant from Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition through Nutricia North America, the company that distributes KetoCal® in the USA. Dr. Andrew Lynch is employed by Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition in the UK. Dr. Lynch did provide input to the study design. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCP JMR AL ACS. Performed the experiments: MGA KEF. Analyzed the data: MGA KEF PS ACS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL PS ACS. Wrote the paper: MGA KEF MCP JMR AL PS ACS.