Single gene defects in mice: The role of voltage-dependent calcium channels in absence models

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 111-122

  Burgess, Daniel L ^a   Noebels, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Calcium channels; Lethargic; Mutant mice; Stargazer; Tottering

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0032884754     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(99)00045-5     Document Type: Article

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