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[Cerebellar ataxia and absence epilepsy: genes, channels, neurons and mice].
Revista de neurologia - 1 Jan 2000
Sandoval-Romero A, Félix-Grijalva R
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To briefly review the most significant progress made in the fields of molecular genetics and cellular electrophysiology that have contributed to reveal that some paroxysmal disorders including epilepsy, are linked to voltage gated Ca2+ (CaV) channel abnormalities. DEVELOPMENT: Recent studies showed that the gene encoding the P/Q type Ca2+ channel is altered in a number of mutant mice strains. Phenotypic...
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