Effects of Cav3.2 channel mutations linked to idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 745-749

  Khosravani, Houman ^a   Bladen, Christopher ^a,b   Parker, David B ^b   Snutch, Terrance P ^c   McRory, John E ^a   Zamponi, Gerald W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CACNA1H PROTEIN, HUMAN; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; CELL LINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; CELL LINE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 18244389198     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20458     Document Type: Article

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