Epilepsy-Associated Dysfunction in the Voltage-Gated Neuronal Sodium Channel SCN1A

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 36, 2003, Pages 11289-11295

  Lossin, Christoph ^a   Rhodes, Thomas H ^b   Desai, Reshma R ^b   Vanoye, Carlos G ^b   Wang, Dao ^b   Carniciu, Sanda ^c   Devinsky, Orrin ^c   George Jr , Alfred L ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Epilepsy; SCN1A; SMEI; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYSTEINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; VALINE; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONVALESCENCE; DENSITY; DEPOLARIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UNITED STATES; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL SCN1A;

EID: 0347479237     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-36-11289.2003     Document Type: Article

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