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Distinct phenotypes in zebrafish models of human startle disease.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Dec 2013
Ganser Lisa R, Yan Qing, James Victoria M, Kozol Robert, Topf Maya, Harvey Robert J, Dallman Julia E
Abstract excerpt
Startle disease is an inherited neurological disorder that causes affected individuals to suffer noise- or touch-induced non-epileptic seizures, excessive muscle stiffness and neonatal apnea episodes. Mutations known to cause startle disease have been identified in glycine receptor subunit (GLRA1 and GLRB) and glycine transporter (SLC6A5) genes, which serve essential functions at glycinergic synapses. Despite the...
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