Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Gene Tied To Childhood Epilepsy
October 08, 2022
October 08, 2022
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 8 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
In the mammalian brain, the chief inhibitory neurotransmitter is called GABA. The gene SLC6A1 encodes the GABA transporter GAT1, and in Neurobiology of Disease, Felicia Mermer, Sarah Poliquin, Jing-Qiong Kang, MD, PhD, and colleagues report experiments -- in silico, in vitro and in mice-o -- tying novel variants in SLC6A1 to a childhood syndrome called myoclonic atonic epilepsy ( . . .
In the mammalian brain, the chief inhibitory neurotransmitter is called GABA. The gene SLC6A1 encodes the GABA transporter GAT1, and in Neurobiology of Disease, Felicia Mermer, Sarah Poliquin, Jing-Qiong Kang, MD, PhD, and colleagues report experiments -- in silico, in vitro and in mice-o -- tying novel variants in SLC6A1 to a childhood syndrome called myoclonic atonic epilepsy ( . . .