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A Drosophila Model of Essential Tremor.
Scientific reports - 16 May 2018
Smith Philip, Arias Ronald, Sonti Shilpa, Odgerel Zagaa, Santa-Maria Ismael, McCabe Brian D, Tsaneva-Atanasova Krasimira, Louis Elan D, Hodge James J L, Clark Lorraine N
Abstract excerpt
Essential Tremor (ET) is one of the most common neurological diseases, with an estimated 7 million affected individuals in the US; the pathophysiology of the disorder is poorly understood. Recently, we identified a mutation (KCNS2 (Kv9.2), c.1137 T > A, p.(D379E) in an electrically silent voltage-gated K+ channel α-subunit, Kv9.2, in a family with ET, that modulates the activity of Kv2 channels. We have produced...
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