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Ion channel variation causes epilepsies.
Brain research. Brain research reviews - 1 Oct 2001
Moulard B, Picard F, le Hellard S, Agulhon C, Weiland S, Favre I, Bertrand S, Malafosse A, Bertrand D
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The discovery of genetically transmissible form of epilepsy associated with a mutation in a gene that codes for a subunit of a ligand-gated channel shined a new light in this field of neurological diseases. Because this gene (CHRNA4) codes for a neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit, functional studies could be designed to evaluate the alterations caused by this mutation. Since this initial...
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