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A childhood epilepsy mutation reveals a role for developmentally regulated splicing of a sodium channel.
Molecular and cellular neurosciences - 1 Jun 2007
Xu Ruwei, Thomas Evan A, Jenkins Misty, Gazina Elena V, Chiu Cindy, Heron Sarah E, Mulley John C, Scheffer Ingrid E, Berkovic Samuel F, Petrou Steven
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Seizure susceptibility is high in human infants compared to adults, presumably because of developmentally regulated changes in neural excitability. Benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures (BFNIS), characterized by both early onset and remission, are caused by mutations in the gene encoding a...
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