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Tau reduction prevents disease in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome.
Annals of neurology - 1 Sept 2014
Gheyara Ania L, Ponnusamy Ravikumar, Djukic Biljana, Craft Ryan J, Ho Kaitlyn, Guo Weikun, Finucane Mariel M, Sanchez Pascal E, Mucke Lennart
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OBJECTIVE: Reducing levels of the microtubule-associated protein tau has shown promise as a potential treatment strategy for diseases with secondary epileptic features such as Alzheimer disease. We wanted to determine whether tau reduction may also be of benefit in intractable genetic epilepsies. METHODS: We studied a mouse model of Dravet syndrome, a severe childhood epilepsy caused by mutations in the human...
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