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Familial Hemiplegic Migraine and Episodic Ataxia Type-2 Are Caused by Mutations in the Ca2+ Channel Gene CACNL1A4

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A brain-specific P/Q-type Ca2+ channel alpha1-subunit gene, CACNL1A4, covering 300 kb with 47 exons is characterized, revealing polymorphic variations, including a (CA)n-repeat (D19S1150), a (CAG) n-repeat in the 3'-UTR, and different types of deleterious mutations in FHM and EA-2.
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This article is published in Cell.The article was published on 1996-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2264 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Familial hemiplegic migraine & Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6.

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Hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy: Evidence for genetic homogeneity and mapping to chromosome 17q25

TL;DR: Analysis of DNA from a human/mouse somatic cell hybrid with linked markers suggests that band 17q25 harbors the HNA locus and defines a specific interval and a precise cytogenetic location in chromosome 17Q25 for this disorder.
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Channelopathies: ion channel defects linked to heritable clinical disorders

TL;DR: Progress made in the complementary fields of molecular genetics and cellular electrophysiology which has led to a better understanding of voltage gated ion channelopathies in humans and mice are reviewed.
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Calcium channelopathies in the central nervous system.

TL;DR: Calcium channelopathies in the central nervous system provide a model to study the important roles that calcium channels play in neuronal function and add to a growing list ofChannelopathies causing paroxysmal neurologic disturbance and progressive neurodegeneration.
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Association of migraine and ESR1 G325C polymorphism.

TL;DR: ESR1 G325C polymorphism is associated with migraine in the authors' population and women carrying the C352C genotype were over 3 times more likely to suffer from migraine than those carrying the G325G genotype.
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Single-step method of RNA isolation by acid guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform extraction

TL;DR: A new method of total RNA isolation by a single extraction with an acid guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform mixture is described, providing a pure preparation of undegraded RNA in high yield and can be completed within 4 h.
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A novel gene containing a trinucleotide repeat that is expanded and unstable on Huntington's disease chromosomes

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used haplotype analysis of linkage disequilibrium to spotlight a small segment of 4p16.3 as the likely location of the defect, which is expanded and unstable on HD chromosomes.
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Rapid and sensitive detection of point mutations and DNA polymorphisms using the polymerase chain reaction

TL;DR: It is found that most single base changes in up to 200-base fragments could be detected as mobility shifts and the interspersed repetitive sequences of human, Alu repeats are highly polymorphic.
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Expansion of an unstable trinucleotide CAG repeat in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1.

TL;DR: There is a direct correlation between the size of the (CAG)n repeat expansion and the age–of–onset of SCA1, with larger alleles occurring in juvenile cases.
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