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Dissecting the phenotypes of Dravet syndrome by gene deletion.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Aug 2015
Rubinstein Moran, Han Sung, Tai Chao, Westenbroek Ruth E, Hunker Avery, Scheuer Todd, Catterall William A
Abstract excerpt
Neurological and psychiatric syndromes often have multiple disease traits, yet it is unknown how such multi-faceted deficits arise from single mutations. Haploinsufficiency of the voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.1 causes Dravet syndrome, an intractable childhood-onset epilepsy with hyperactivity, cognitive deficit, autistic-like behaviours, and premature death. Deletion of Nav1.1 channels selectively impairs...
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