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Single gene defects in mice: the role of voltage-dependent calcium channels in absence models.
Epilepsy research - 1 Sept 1999
Burgess D L, Noebels J L
Abstract excerpt
Nineteen genes encoding alpha1, beta, gamma, or alpha2delta voltage-dependent calcium channel subunits have been identified to date. Recent studies have found that three of these genes are mutated in mice with generalised cortical spike-wave discharges (models of human absence epilepsy), emphasising the importance of calcium channels in regulating the expression of this inherited seizure phenotype. The tottering...
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