by The Francis Crick Institute Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainScientists at the Francis Crick Institute have found a new treatment target for CDKL5 deficiency disorder (CDD), one of the most common types of genetic epilepsy. CDD causes seizures and impaired development in children, and medications are limited to managing symptoms rather than tackling the root cause of...
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Potassium channel dysfunction in genetic epilepsy
by Will Doss, Northwestern University Figure 1. Functional analysis of KCNQ2/KCNQ3 channels by automated patch clamp. A) Screen display from automated patch clamp experiment illustrating whole-cell current recordings from CHO-Q3 cells transiently expressing KCNQ2 variants (6 variants, 4 columns per variant). B) Averaged XE991-sensitive whole-cell currents recorded from non-transfected CHO-Q3 cells, and CHO-Q3 cells electroporated...