Search Results - "Heron, Sarah E"
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Missense mutations in the sodium-gated potassium channel gene KCNT1 cause severe autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy
Published in Nature genetics (01-11-2012)“…Samuel Berkovic and colleagues report the identification of missense mutations in KCNT1 , which encodes a sodium-gated potassium channel, that cause severe…”
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KCNT1 gain of function in 2 epilepsy phenotypes is reversed by quinidine
Published in Annals of neurology (01-04-2014)“…Objective Mutations in KCNT1 have been implicated in autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE) and epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal…”
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Mutations in the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway regulators NPRL2 and NPRL3 cause focal epilepsy
Published in Annals of neurology (01-01-2016)“…Objective Focal epilepsies are the most common form observed and have not generally been considered to be genetic in origin. Recently, we identified mutations…”
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Benign infantile seizures and paroxysmal dyskinesia caused by an SCN8A mutation
Published in Annals of neurology (01-03-2016)“…Objective Benign familial infantile seizures (BFIS), paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD), and their combination—known as infantile convulsions and…”
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KCNQ2 encephalopathy: Emerging phenotype of a neonatal epileptic encephalopathy
Published in Annals of neurology (01-01-2012)“…Objective: KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 mutations are known to be responsible for benign familial neonatal seizures (BFNS). A few reports on patients with a KCNQ2 mutation…”
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Mutations in KCNT1 cause a spectrum of focal epilepsies
Published in Epilepsia (Copenhagen) (01-09-2015)“…Summary Autosomal dominant mutations in the sodium‐gated potassium channel subunit gene KCNT1 have been associated with two distinct seizure syndromes,…”
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PRRT2 Mutations Cause Benign Familial Infantile Epilepsy and Infantile Convulsions with Choreoathetosis Syndrome
Published in American journal of human genetics (13-01-2012)“…Benign familial infantile epilepsy (BFIE) is a self-limited seizure disorder that occurs in infancy and has autosomal-dominant inheritance. We have identified…”
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Neonatal seizures and long QT Syndrome: A cardiocerebral channelopathy?
Published in Epilepsia (Copenhagen) (01-02-2010)“…Summary We identified a patient with electrophysiologically verified neonatal long QT syndrome (LQTS) and neonatal seizures in the presence of a controlled…”
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Benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures: Characterization of a new sodium channelopathy
Published in Annals of neurology (01-04-2004)“…We recently reported mutations in the sodium channel gene SCN2A in two families with benign familial neonatal‐infantile seizures (BFNISs). Here, we aimed to…”
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SCN2A Mutations and Benign Familial Neonatal‐Infantile Seizures: The Phenotypic Spectrum
Published in Epilepsia (Copenhagen) (01-06-2007)“…Mutations of the sodium channel subunit gene SCN2A have been described in families with benign familial neonatal‐infantile seizure (BFNIS). We describe two…”
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Single nucleotide variations in CLCN6 identified in patients with benign partial epilepsies in infancy and/or febrile seizures
Published in PloS one (20-03-2015)“…Nucleotide alterations in the gene encoding proline-rich transmembrane protein 2 (PRRT2) have been identified in most patients with benign partial epilepsies…”
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KCNT1 mutations in seizure disorders: the phenotypic spectrum and functional effects
Published in Journal of medical genetics (01-04-2016)“…Mutations in the sodium-gated potassium channel subunit gene KCNT1 have recently emerged as a cause of several different epileptic disorders. This review…”
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Genetic variation of CACNA1H in idiopathic generalized epilepsy
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Role of PRRT2 in common paroxysmal neurological disorders: a gene with remarkable pleiotropy
Published in Journal of medical genetics (01-03-2013)“…Mutations in the gene PRRT2 encoding proline-rich transmembrane protein 2 have recently been identified as the cause of three clinical entities: benign…”
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A childhood epilepsy mutation reveals a role for developmentally regulated splicing of a sodium channel
Published in Molecular and cellular neuroscience (01-06-2007)“…Seizure susceptibility is high in human infants compared to adults, presumably because of developmentally regulated changes in neural excitability. Benign…”
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Mutations in mammalian target of rapamycin regulator DEPDC5 cause focal epilepsy with brain malformations
Published in Annals of neurology (01-05-2014)“…We recently identified DEPDC5 as the gene for familial focal epilepsy with variable foci and found mutations in >10% of small families with nonlesional focal…”
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A recurrent de novo mutation in KCNC1 causes progressive myoclonus epilepsy
Published in Nature genetics (01-01-2015)“…Anna-Elina Lehesjoki and colleagues report exome sequencing of 84 cases of progressive myoclonus epilepsy (PME) and targeted resequencing of an additional 28…”
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A variant of KCC2 from patients with febrile seizures impairs neuronal Cl− extrusion and dendritic spine formation
Published in EMBO reports (01-06-2014)“…Genetic variation in SLC12A5 which encodes KCC2, the neuron‐specific cation‐chloride cotransporter that is essential for hyperpolarizing GABAergic signaling…”
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Mutations in DEPDC5 cause familial focal epilepsy with variable foci
Published in Nature genetics (01-05-2013)“…Leanne Dibbens, Ingrid Scheffer and colleagues report the identification of mutations in DEPDC5 that cause familial focal epilepsy with variable foci. The…”
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Familial neonatal seizures in 36 families: Clinical and genetic features correlate with outcome
Published in Epilepsia (Copenhagen) (01-07-2015)“…Summary Objective We evaluated seizure outcome in a large cohort of familial neonatal seizures (FNS), and examined phenotypic overlap with different molecular…”
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