Loss of cortical GABA terminals in Unverricht–Lundborg disease

Loss of cortical GABA terminals in Unverricht–Lundborg disease

Unverricht–Lundborg disease (ULD) is the most common progressive myoclonic epilepsy. Its etiology has been identified in a defect of a protease inhibitor, cystatin B (CSTB), but the mechanism(s) by which this defect translates in the clinical manifestations of the disease are still obscure. We teste...

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Main Authors: Andrea Buzzi, Maia Chikhladze, Chiara Falcicchia, Beatrice Paradiso, Giovanni Lanza, Marie Soukupova, Matteo Marti, Michele Morari, Silvana Franceschetti, Michele Simonato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-08-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
Subjects:
Epilepsy
Myoclonus
GABA
Neurodegeneration
Cortex
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996112001349

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