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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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Parkinsonism and nigrostriatal dysfunction are associated with spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6)

TL;DR: It is suggested that SCA6, in common with SCA2 and SCA3, may be associated with Parkinsonism attributable to nigral loss and dopaminergic dysfunction.
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Functional neuroimaging of primary headache disorders

TL;DR: Functional imaging continues to play a role in elucidating and targeting the neural substrates in each of the primary headache syndromes.
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Effects of N-, P/Q- and L-type calcium channel blockers on nociceptive neurones of the trigeminal nucleus with input from the dura.

TL;DR: In anaesthetized rats, extracellular recordings were made from neurones of the spinal trigeminal nucleus, involved in the processing of nociceptive input from the dura, suggesting that P/Q-type VGCCs regulate a tonic synaptic inhibitory control of the brainstem neurones.
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The genetic basis of migraine: how much do we know?

TL;DR: Changes in the electrophysiologic properties of the mutated forms of the CACNL1A4 calcium channel expressed in heterologous systems help establish the functional significance of the mutations and suggest that chromosome 19p-linked FHM, an episodic disorder, represents a CNS channelopathy.
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Dominant‐negative effects of episodic ataxia type 2 mutations involve disruption of membrane trafficking of human P/Q‐type Ca2+ channels

TL;DR: The data suggest that EA2 mutants induce significant ER retention of their wild‐type counterparts, thereby suppressing the functional expression of CaV2.1 channels.
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