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Hippocampal volume and cell density changes in a mouse model of human genetic epilepsy.
Neurology - 26 Mar 2013
Richards Kay L, Kurniawan Nyoman D, Yang Zhengyi, Kim Tae Hwan, Keller Marianne D, Low Jun, Ullmann Jeremy F P, Cole Stacey, Foong Samuel, Galloway Graham J, Reid Christopher A, Paxinos George, Reutens David C, Petrou Steven
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The human γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA)γ2R43Q (R43Q) mutation is associated with genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures. R43Q mice in the C57Bl/6J background do not display spontaneous seizures, but are significantly more susceptible to hyperthermic seizures, providing a model with enhanced seizure susceptibility without the confounding influence of ongoing epileptic activity. Because of GABA's...
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