Neuronal voltage-gated ion channels are genetic modifiers of generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 655-660

  Hawkins, Nicole A ^a   Martin, Melinda S ^c   Frankel, Wayne N ^d   Kearney, Jennifer A ^b   Escayg, Andrew ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Modifier; Potassium channel; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ2; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.2; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.6;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY WITH FEBRILE SEIZURE PLUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; KCNQ2 GENE; LETHALITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCN1A GENE; SCN2A GENE; SCN8A GENE; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; KCNQ2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 79151470856     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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