Sodium channel mutations and epilepsy: Association and causation

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-10

  Schorge, Stephanie ^a   Kullmann, Dimitri M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.3; SODIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CACNA1A GENE; CACNA1H GENE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; EPILEPSY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SODIUM CHANNELOPATHY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MUTATION; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 77957807568     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.08.008     Document Type: Note

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