Focal Epilepsy and the Clock Gene

Roberto Refinetti

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-6

Focal Epilepsy and the Clock Gene

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 32 (2018): Issue 0

By: Roberto Refinetti

Open Access

|Sep 2018

Abstract

Investigators from Children’s National Medical Center, Wenzhou Medical University, Virginia Tech, University of Colorado, University of Virginia, Georgetown University, University of Maryland, and Brown University performed transcriptome analysis on human epileptogenic tissue and extended the investigation by creating and testing mouse lines with targeted genetic deletions of the Clock gene.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-6 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 6 - 6

Submitted on: Jul 7, 2018

Accepted on: Aug 29, 2018

Published on: Sep 5, 2018

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

focal cortical dysplasia,

human epileptogenic tissue,

Clock-flox mouse line

© 2018 Roberto Refinetti, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 32 (2018): Issue 0