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Insights from mouse models of absence epilepsy into Ca2+ channel physiology and disease etiology.
Cellular and molecular neurobiology - 1 Apr 2002
Felix Ricardo
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1. Changes in intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) levels provide signals that allow neurons to respond to a host of external stimuli. A major mechanism for elevating [Ca2+]i is the influx of extracellular Ca2+ through voltage-gated channels (Ca(V)) in the plasma membrane. Malfunction in Ca(V) due to mutations in genes encoding channel proteins are increasingly being implicated in causing disease conditions, termed...
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