Listen carefully: positional cloning of an audiogenic seizure mutation may yield Frings benefits.
Neurologists have long sought to understand what precipitates individual seizures in epileptic patients. Studies of reflex epilepsies seem well suited to this task. In this issue of Neuron, Skradski et al. describe a mutation in a novel gene underlying audiogenic seizures in the Frings mouse, providing a valuable resource for elucidating the pathophysiological mechanisms of this inherited form of reflex epilepsy.
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Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D020195:Epilepsy, Reflex / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008818:Mice, Neurologic Mutants / Q000235:genetics*