Novel SCN3A variants associated with focal epilepsy in children

Voltage-gated sodium (NaV) channels are essential for initiating and propagating action potentials in the brain. More than 800 mutations in genes encoding neuronal NaV channels including SCN1A and SCN2A have been associated with human epilepsy. Only one epilepsy-associated mutation has been identifi...

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Main Authors: Carlos G. Vanoye, Christina A. Gurnett, Katherine D. Holland, Alfred L. George, Jr., Jennifer A. Kearney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-02-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996113002908