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SUBMITTER: Griffin A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6075536 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Griffin Aliesha A Hamling Kyla R KR Knupp Kelly K Hong SoonGweon S Lee Luke P LP Baraban Scott C SC
Brain : a journal of neurology 20170301 3
Dravet syndrome is a catastrophic childhood epilepsy with early-onset seizures, delayed language and motor development, sleep disturbances, anxiety-like behaviour, severe cognitive deficit and an increased risk of fatality. It is primarily caused by de novo mutations of the SCN1A gene encoding a neuronal voltage-activated sodium channel. Zebrafish with a mutation in the SCN1A homologue recapitulate spontaneous seizure activity and mimic the convulsive behavioural movements observed in Dravet syn ...[more]