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Spreading depolarization in the brainstem mediates sudden cardiorespiratory arrest in mouse SUDEP models.
Science translational medicine - 8 Apr 2015
Aiba Isamu, Noebels Jeffrey L
Abstract excerpt
Cardiorespiratory collapse after a seizure is the leading cause of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) in young persons, but why only certain individuals are at risk is unknown. To identify a mechanism for this lethal cardiorespiratory failure, we examined whether genes linked to increased SUDEP risk lower the threshold for spreading depolarization (SD), a self-propagating depolarizing wave that silences...
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