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Scn2a sodium channel mutation results in hyperexcitability in the hippocampus in vitro.
Epilepsia - 1 Mar 2008
Kile Kara Buehrer, Tian Nan, Durand Dominique M
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PURPOSE: To investigate in vitro, the cellular network activity of the hippocampus in Q54 mice that display spontaneous seizures because of a gain-of-function mutation of the Scn2a sodium channel gene. METHODS: Extacellular recordings were obtained from CA1 and CA3 pyramidal neurons in hippocampal slices prepared from Q54 transgenic and nontransgenic littermates (WT) under physiologic conditions as well as during...
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