Absence epilepsy in tottering mutant mice is associated with calcium channel defects

Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 607-617

  Fletcher, Colin F ^a   Lutz, Cathleen M ^b   O'Sullivan, T Norene ^a   Shaughnessy Jr , John D ^a   Hawkes, Richard ^c   Frankel, Wayne N ^b   Copeland, Neal G ^a   Jenkins, Nancy A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; EPILEPSY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PETIT MAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ANIMALIA; ATAXIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030584085     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81381-1     Document Type: Article

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