Emerging role of the KCNT1 Slack channel in intellectual disability

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JULY, 2014, Pages

  Kim, Grace E ^a   Kaczmarek, Leonard K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Fragile X syndrome; Intellectual disability; KCNT1; Slack

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905157802     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00209     Document Type: Review

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