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PICK1 uncoupling from mGluR7a causes absence-like seizures.
Nature neuroscience - 1 Aug 2008
Bertaso Federica, Zhang Chuansheng, Scheschonka Astrid, de Bock Frédéric, Fontanaud Pierre, Marin Philippe, Huganir Richard L, Betz Heinrich, Bockaert Joël, Fagni Laurent, Lerner-Natoli Mireille
Abstract excerpt
Absence epilepsy is a neurological disorder that causes a recurrent loss of consciousness and generalized spike-and-wave discharges on an electroencephalogram (EEG). The role of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) and associated scaffolding proteins in absence epilepsy has been unclear to date. We investigated a possible role for these proteins in absence epilepsy, focusing on the mGluR7a receptor and its...
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