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A knock-in model of human epilepsy in Drosophila reveals a novel cellular mechanism associated with heat-induced seizure.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 10 Oct 2012
Sun Lei, Gilligan Jeff, Staber Cynthia, Schutte Ryan J, Nguyen Vivian, O'Dowd Diane K, Reenan Robert
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Over 40 missense mutations in the human SCN1A sodium channel gene are linked to an epilepsy syndrome termed genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+). Inheritance of GEFS+ is dominant, but the underlying cellular mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here we report that knock-in of a GEFS+ SCN1A mutation (K1270T) into the Drosophila sodium channel gene, para, causes a semidominant temperature-induced...
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