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Self-limited hyperexcitability: functional effect of a familial hemiplegic migraine mutation of the Nav1.1 (SCN1A) Na+ channel.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 16 Jul 2008
Cestèle Sandrine, Scalmani Paolo, Rusconi Raffaella, Terragni Benedetta, Franceschetti Silvana, Mantegazza Massimo
Abstract excerpt
Familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM) is an autosomal dominant inherited subtype of severe migraine with aura. Mutations causing FHM (type 3) have been identified in SCN1A, the gene encoding neuronal voltage-gated Na(v)1.1 Na(+) channel alpha subunit, but functional studies have been done using the cardiac Na(v)1.5 isoform, and the observed effects were similar to those of some epileptogenic mutations. We studied...
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