Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy as a possible neurodevelopmental disease: Role of EFHC1 or Myoclonin1

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  de Nijs, Laurence ^a   Wolkoff, Nathalie ^a   Grisar, Thierry ^a   Lakaye, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Brain development; Choroid plexus; EFHC1; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Microtubule associated protein; Motile cilia; Radial migration

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EFHC1 PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MYOCLONIN1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIVISION; CHOROID PLEXUS; DROSOPHILA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE;

EID: 84878969120     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.06.034     Document Type: Review

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