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The human epilepsy mutation GABRG2(Q390X) causes chronic subunit accumulation and neurodegeneration.
Nature neuroscience - 1 Jul 2015
Kang Jing-Qiong, Shen Wangzhen, Zhou Chengwen, Xu Dong, Macdonald Robert L
Abstract excerpt
Genetic epilepsy and neurodegenerative diseases are two common neurological disorders that are conventionally viewed as being unrelated. A subset of patients with severe genetic epilepsies who have impaired development and often go on to die of their disease respond poorly to anticonvulsant drug therapy, suggesting a need for new therapeutic targets. Previously, we reported that multiple GABAA receptor epilepsy...
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