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Chemoconvulsant-induced seizure susceptibility: toward a common genetic basis?
Epilepsia - 1 Jan 2007
Chaix Yohan, Ferraro Thomas N, Lapouble Eve, Martin Benoît
Abstract excerpt
Despite the efforts employed, understanding the genetic architecture underlying epilepsy remains difficult. To reach this aim, convulsive epilepsies are classically modeled in mice, where genetic studies are less constricting than in humans. Pharmacogenetic approaches are one major source of investigation where kainic acid, pentylenetetrazol, and the ss-carboline family represent compounds that are used...
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