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Role of the alpha1G T-type calcium channel in spontaneous absence seizures in mutant mice.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 2 Jun 2004
Song Inseon, Kim Daesoo, Choi Soonwook, Sun Minjeong, Kim Yeongin, Shin Hee-Sup
Abstract excerpt
Alterations in thalamic T-type Ca2+ channels are thought to contribute to the pathogenesis of absence seizures. Here, we found that mice with a null mutation for the pore-forming alpha1A subunits of P/Q-type channels (alpha1A-/- mice) were prone to absence seizures characterized by typical spike-and-wave discharges (SWDs) and behavioral arrests. Isolated thalamocortical relay (TC) neurons from these mice showed...
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