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Overexpression of calcium-activated potassium channels underlies cortical dysfunction in a model of PTEN-associated autism.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Nov 2013
Garcia-Junco-Clemente Pablo, Chow David K, Tring Elaine, Lazaro Maria T, Trachtenberg Joshua T, Golshani Peyman
Abstract excerpt
De novo phosphatase and tensin homolog on chromosome ten (PTEN) mutations are a cause of sporadic autism. How single-copy loss of PTEN alters neural function is not understood. Here we report that Pten haploinsufficiency increases the expression of small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels. The resultant augmentation of this conductance increases the amplitude of the afterspike hyperpolarization,...
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