In vivo loss of slow potassium channel activity in individuals with benign familial neonatal epilepsy in remission

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3144-3152

  Tomlinson, Susan E ^a,b,c   Bostock, Hugh ^c   Grinton, Bronwyn ^d   Hanna, Michael G ^c   Kullmann, Dimitri M ^c   Kiernan, Matthew C ^e   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^d   Berkovic, Samuel F ^d   Burke, David ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

channelopathy; epilepsy; nerve excitability; neuromyotonia; potassium channel

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FUNCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84867709765     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws241     Document Type: Article

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