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Characterization of febrile seizures and febrile seizure susceptibility in mouse inbred strains.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Jul 2008
van Gassen K L I, Hessel E V S, Ramakers G M J, Notenboom R G E, Wolterink-Donselaar I G, Brakkee J H, Godschalk T C, Qiao X, Spruijt B M, van Nieuwenhuizen O, de Graan P N E
Abstract excerpt
Febrile seizures (FS) are the most prevalent seizures in children. Although FS are largely benign, complex FS increase the risk to develop temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Studies in rat models for FS have provided information about functional changes in the hippocampus after complex FS. However, our knowledge about the genes and pathways involved in the causes and consequences of FS is still limited. To enable...
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