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SUBMITTER: Olivetti PR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4034383 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Olivetti Pedro R PR Maheshwari Atul A Noebels Jeffrey L JL
Science translational medicine 20140101 220
Infantile spasms are a catastrophic form of pediatric epilepsy with inadequate treatment. In patients, mutation of ARX, a transcription factor selectively expressed in neuronal precursors and adult inhibitory interneurons, impairs cell migration and causes a major inherited subtype of the disease X-linked infantile spasms syndrome. Using an animal model, the Arx((GCG)10+7) mouse, we determined that brief estradiol (E2) administration during early postnatal development prevented spasms in infancy ...[more]