Zebrafish with a mutation in the SCN1A homologue recapitulate spontaneous seizure activity and mimic the convulsive behavioural movements observed in Dravet syndrome.
Xq28 duplications including MECP2 are a well-known cause of severe mental retardation in males with seizures, muscular hypotonia, progressive spasticity, poor speech and recurrent infections that often lead to early death.
X-linked mental retardation with seizures and carrier manifestations is caused by a mutation in the creatine-transporter gene (SLC6A8) located in Xq28.
X-linked mental retardation with seizures and carrier manifestations is caused by a mutation in the creatine-transporter gene (SLC6A8) located in Xq28.
X-linked cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5 or STK9) has recently been implicated in atypical Rett and X-linked West syndromes, severe neurological disorders associated with mental retardation, loss of communication and motor skills and infantile spasms and seizures in predominantly females.
With the intention to test if RNA editing plays a role in pathological processes, which contribute to seizure maintenance, we examined the ratio of the unedited (Q) to edited (R) form of the AMPA receptor subunit GluR2 and kainate receptor subunits GluR5 and GluR6 in the hippocampus and temporal cerebral cortex, both excised from patients with pharmacoresistant temporal lobe epilepsies.
With the intention to test if RNA editing plays a role in pathological processes, which contribute to seizure maintenance, we examined the ratio of the unedited (Q) to edited (R) form of the AMPA receptor subunit GluR2 and kainate receptor subunits GluR5 and GluR6 in the hippocampus and temporal cerebral cortex, both excised from patients with pharmacoresistant temporal lobe epilepsies.
With the intention to test if RNA editing plays a role in pathological processes, which contribute to seizure maintenance, we examined the ratio of the unedited (Q) to edited (R) form of the AMPA receptor subunit GluR2 and kainate receptor subunits GluR5 and GluR6 in the hippocampus and temporal cerebral cortex, both excised from patients with pharmacoresistant temporal lobe epilepsies.
Whole-exome sequencing revealed a de novo, heterozygous deleterious mutation c.400C>T (p.R13X) in WDR45, previously reported to be disease-causing and associated with early childhood global developmental delay and seizures other than epileptic spasms.
Whole-exome sequencing in the molecular diagnosis of individuals with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract and identification of a new causative gene.
Whole-exome sequencing in the molecular diagnosis of individuals with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract and identification of a new causative gene.