Augmented Reticular Thalamic Bursting and Seizures in Scn1a-Dravet Syndrome.
Cell Rep
; 26(1): 54-64.e6, 2019 01 02.
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| ID: mdl-30605686
Loss of function in the Scn1a gene leads to a severe epileptic encephalopathy called Dravet syndrome (DS). Reduced excitability in cortical inhibitory neurons is thought to be the major cause of DS seizures. Here, in contrast, we show enhanced excitability in thalamic inhibitory neurons that promotes the non-convulsive seizures that are a prominent yet poorly understood feature of DS. In a mouse model of DS with a loss of function in Scn1a, reticular thalamic cells exhibited abnormally long bursts of firing caused by the downregulation of calcium-activated potassium SK channels. Our study supports a mechanism in which loss of SK activity causes the reticular thalamic neurons to become hyperexcitable and promote non-convulsive seizures in DS. We propose that reduced excitability of inhibitory neurons is not global in DS and that non-GABAergic mechanisms such as SK channels may be important targets for treatment.
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Asunto principal:
Convulsiones
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Tálamo
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Epilepsias Mioclónicas
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Animals
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Humans
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En
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Cell Rep
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2019
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Article
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Estados Unidos
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Estados Unidos