Dysfunction of the CaV2.1 calcium channel in cerebellar ataxias

F1000 Biology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Rajakulendran, Sanjeev ^a   Schorge, Stephanie ^a   Kullmann, Dimitri M ^a   Hanna, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CAV2.1 CALCIUM CHANNEL; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; EPISODIC ATAXIA TYPE 2; FAMILIAL HEMIPLEGIC MIGRAINE TYPE 1; GENE MUTATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 6;

EID: 77955071532     PISSN: 17404118     EISSN: 1757594X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3410/B2-4     Document Type: Review

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