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KNa1.1 gain-of-function preferentially dampens excitability of murine parvalbumin-positive interneurons.
Neurobiology of disease - 15 Jun 2022
Gertler Tracy S, Cherian Suraj, DeKeyser Jean-Marc, Kearney Jennifer A, George Alfred L
Abstract excerpt
KCNT1 encodes the sodium-activated potassium channel KNa1.1, expressed preferentially in the frontal cortex, hippocampus, cerebellum, and brainstem. Pathogenic missense variants in KCNT1 are associated with intractable epilepsy, namely epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures (EIMFS), and sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy (SHE). In vitro studies of pathogenic KCNT1 variants support predominantly a...
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