Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6: Channelopathy or glutamine repeat disorder?

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 227-231

  Frontali, Marina ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

1A subunit; CACNA1A gene; calcium channel type P Q; Episodic ataxia type 2; Familial hemiplegic migraine

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; MUTANT PROTEIN; POLYGLUTAMINE;

ALLELE; CHANNEL GATING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; VERTIGO;

CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, N-TYPE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 0035503901     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(01)00574-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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