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Genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity of inherited spike-wave epilepsy: two mutant gene loci with independent cerebral excitability defects.
Brain research - 26 Jul 1991
Qiao X X, Noebels J L
Abstract excerpt
Two recessive gene loci controlling cerebral excitability in the mouse (tg, chr 8 and stg, chr 15) share generalized neocortical spike-wave seizures as a common mutant phenotype. Although the primary molecular defects are unknown, homozygous tg mutants display a gene-linked hyperplasia of central noradrenergic axons originating in the locus ceruleus, and early selective lesions of these fibers correct the...
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