Genetic animal models of malformations of cortical development and epilepsy
| Autor: | Michael Wong, Steven N. Roper |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Neuronal migration Lissencephaly Rodentia Biology Epileptogenesis Article Animals Genetically Modified Mice 03 medical and health sciences Tuberous sclerosis Epilepsy 0302 clinical medicine Species Specificity Freezing medicine Animals Genetic Predisposition to Disease Pathological Cerebral Cortex General Neuroscience Cortical malformations Cortical dysplasia medicine.disease Rats Malformations of Cortical Development Disease Models Animal 030104 developmental biology Nerve Net Genetic Engineering Neuroscience 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 260:73-82 |
| ISSN: | 0165-0270 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.04.007 |
| Popis: | Malformations of cortical development constitute a variety of pathological brain abnormalities that commonly cause severe, medically-refractory epilepsy, including focal lesions, such as focal cortical dysplasia, hetereotopias, and tubers of tuberous sclerosis complex, and diffuse malformations, such as lissencephaly. Although some cortical malformations result from environmental insults during cortical development in utero, genetic factors are increasingly recognized as primary pathogenic factors across the entire spectrum of malformations. Genes implicated in causing different cortical malformations are involved in a variety of physiological functions, but many are focused on regulation of cell proliferation, differentiation, and neuronal migration. Advances in molecular genetic methods have allowed the engineering of increasingly sophisticated animal models of cortical malformations and associated epilepsy. These animal models have identified some common mechanistic themes shared by a number of different cortical malformations, but also revealed the diversity and complexity of cellular and molecular mechanisms that lead to the development of the pathological lesions and resulting epileptogenesis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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