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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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Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6: Gaze‐evoked and vertical nystagmus, Purkinje cell degeneration, and variable age of onset

TL;DR: Clinical and quantitative measurement of extraocular movements demonstrated a characteristic pattern of ocular motor and vestibular abnormalities, including horizontal and vertical nystagmus and an abnormal vestibulo‐ocular reflex, which identifies a distinct phenotype associated with this newly recognized form of dominant SCA.
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Recent advances in understanding migraine mechanisms, molecules and therapeutics

TL;DR: Brain imaging studies have firmly established reproducible changes in the brainstem in regions that include areas that are involved in sensory modulation, leading to the view that migraine is a form of sensory dysmodulatio--a system failure of normal sensory processing.
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Polyglutamine diseases: emerging concepts in pathogenesis and therapy

TL;DR: This article reviews the emerging concepts in pathogenesis and therapy of polyglutamine diseases and the role of proteolytic cleavage, the importance of conformational change in the pathogenic proteins, the roles of protein aggregation and the importanceof transcriptional and metabolic disturbances.
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Short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT) or cranial autonomic features (SUNA)—a prospective clinical study of SUNCT and SUNA

TL;DR: A new set of diagnostic criteria for these syndromes is proposed to better encompass the clinical presentations and which include a wider range of attack length, wider trigeminal pain distribution, cutaneous triggering and lack of refractory period.
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Structural basis of drug binding to L Ca2+ channels

TL;DR: The present knowledge about the molecular architecture of L channel drug-binding domains and the implications for Ca2+ channel pharmacology and drug development are summarized.
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