{"title":"Channelopathies in human epilepsies","authors":"S. Baulac","doi":"10.1684/EPI.2010.0325","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Genetic factors play an increasingly recognized role in idiopathic epilepsies. Positional cloning strategies in multigenerational families with autosomal dominant transmission have revealed several genes. Most of epilepsy-genes encode ion channels subunits or receptors for neurotransmitters: voltage-gated potassium channels (KCNQ2, KCNQ3) for benign familial neonatal seizures; voltage-gated sodium channel subunits (SCN1B, SCN1A, SCN2A) in generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS +), severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy or Dravet syndrome and benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures; nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits (CHRNA4, CHRNA2, CHRNB2) in autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, and GABA A receptor subunits for GEFS+ and autosomal dominant juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.","PeriodicalId":50509,"journal":{"name":"Epilepsies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1684/EPI.2010.0325","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Epilepsies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1684/EPI.2010.0325","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Genetic factors play an increasingly recognized role in idiopathic epilepsies. Positional cloning strategies in multigenerational families with autosomal dominant transmission have revealed several genes. Most of epilepsy-genes encode ion channels subunits or receptors for neurotransmitters: voltage-gated potassium channels (KCNQ2, KCNQ3) for benign familial neonatal seizures; voltage-gated sodium channel subunits (SCN1B, SCN1A, SCN2A) in generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS +), severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy or Dravet syndrome and benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures; nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits (CHRNA4, CHRNA2, CHRNB2) in autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, and GABA A receptor subunits for GEFS+ and autosomal dominant juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.