Na v1.1 dysfunction in genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures-plus or Dravet syndrome

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1268-1275

  Volkers, Linda ^a   Kahlig, Kristopher M ^b   Verbeek, Nienke E ^a   Das, Joost H G ^a   van Kempen, Marjan J A ^a   Stroink, Hans ^c   Augustijn, Paul ^d   van Nieuwenhuizen, Onno ^a   Lindhout, Dick ^a   George, Alfred L ^b   Koeleman, Bobby P C ^a   Rook, Martin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dravet syndrome; Epilepsy; Genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus; Human; SCN1A

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; NERVE PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL, VOLTAGE GATED, TYPE I, ALPHA PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL, VOLTAGE-GATED, TYPE I, ALPHA PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL ABSENCE; BETA CHAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONVULSION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC EPILEPSY WITH FEBRILE SEIZURE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; MYOCLONIC ASTATIC EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS; PATCH CLAMP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; SODIUM CURRENT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNDROME;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNDROME;

EID: 80054691056     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07826.x     Document Type: Article

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