The role of neuronal GABAA receptor subunit mutations in idiopathic generalized epilepsies

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 453, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 162-165

  Dibbens, L M ^a,b   Harkin, L A ^a,b   Richards, M ^a   Hodgson, B L ^a   Clarke, A L ^c   Petrou, S ^c   Scheffer, I E ^c,d   Berkovic, S F ^c   Mulley, J C ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Febrile seizures; GABAA receptors; Genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus; Genetics; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHANNELOPATHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEURONS; OOCYTES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 62049086305     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.02.038     Document Type: Article

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