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Enhanced episodic-like memory and kindling epilepsy in a rat model of tuberous sclerosis.
Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Jan 2006
Waltereit Robert, Welzl Hans, Dichgans Johannes, Lipp Hans-Peter, Schmidt Werner J, Weller Michael
Abstract excerpt
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a common neurological autosomal-dominant syndrome caused by mutations in the TSC1 or TSC2 genes. TSC starts in early childhood and is characterized by cerebral hamartomas (benign tumours), severe epilepsy and cognitive deficits such as mental retardation and autism. The hamartomas are characterized by loss of the remaining wild-type TSC allele, and clinical data implicate...
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