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Scn8a voltage-gated sodium channel mutation alters seizure and anxiety responses to acute stress.
Psychoneuroendocrinology - 1 Jan 2014
Sawyer Nikki T, Papale Ligia A, Eliason Jessica, Neigh Gretchen N, Escayg Andrew
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Stress is known to trigger seizures in patients with epilepsy, highlighting the physiological stress response as a possible therapeutic target for epilepsy treatment. Nevertheless, little is currently known about how a genetic predisposition to epilepsy interacts with the stress response to influence seizure outcome. To address this question, we examined the effect of acute stress on seizure outcome in mice with...
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