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Mutations in high-voltage-activated calcium channel genes stimulate low-voltage-activated currents in mouse thalamic relay neurons.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 1 Aug 2002
Zhang Yi, Mori Mayra, Burgess Daniel L, Noebels Jeffrey L
Abstract excerpt
Ca2+ currents, especially those activated at low voltages (LVA), influence burst generation in thalamocortical circuitry and enhance the abnormal rhythmicity associated with absence epilepsy. Mutations in several genes for high-voltage-activated (HVA) Ca2+ channel subunits are linked to spike-wave seizure phenotypes in mice; however, none of these mutations are predicted to increase intrinsic membrane...
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