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Nerve excitability studies characterize Kv1.1 fast potassium channel dysfunction in patients with episodic ataxia type 1.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Dec 2010
Tomlinson Susan E, Tan S Veronica, Kullmann Dimitri M, Griggs Robert C, Burke David, Hanna Michael G, Bostock Hugh
Abstract excerpt
Episodic ataxia type 1 is a neuronal channelopathy caused by mutations in the KCNA1 gene encoding the fast K(+) channel subunit K(v)1.1. Episodic ataxia type 1 presents with brief episodes of cerebellar dysfunction and persistent neuromyotonia and is associated with an increased incidence of epilepsy. In myelinated peripheral nerve, K(v)1.1 is highly expressed in the juxtaparanodal axon, where potassium channels...
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