Familial Hemiplegic Migraine and Episodic Ataxia Type-2 Are Caused by Mutations in the Ca2+ Channel Gene CACNL1A4
Roel A. Ophoff,Gisela M. Terwindt,Monique N. Vergouwe,Ronald van Eijk,Peter J. Oefner,Susan M.G. Hoffman,Jane Lamerdin,Harvey W. Mohrenweiser,Dennis E. Bulman,Maurizio Ferrari,Joost Haan,Dick Lindhout,Gert-Jan B. van Ommen,Marten H. Hofker,Michel D. Ferrari,Rune R. Frants +15 more
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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.About:
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A Japanese family with spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 which includes three individuals homozygous for an expanded CAG repeat in the SCA6/CACNL1A4 gene
Yoshihisa Takiyama,Kumi Sakoe,Michito Namekawa,Michiyo Soutome,Eisaku Esumi,T. Ogawa,Kin Ya Ishikawa,Hidehiro Mizusawa,Imaharu Nakano,Masatoyo Nishizawa +9 more
TL;DR: Molecular testing revealed that in these patients the SCA6/CACNL1A4 gene carries the smallest known expanded CAG repeat (21 repeat units), which describes a Japanese family which includes 13 patients in five generations who have dominantly inherited ataxia.
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Molecular characterization of two members of the T-type calcium channel family.
TL;DR: Electrophysiological evidence that α1G and α1H encode low voltage‐activated, T‐type calcium channels is presented, and preliminary evidence that nickel may serve as a valuable tool in discriminating between these subtypes is presented.
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Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potentials in Migrainous Vertigo
TL;DR: The results indicate that patients with migrainous vertigo show abnormal VEMP findings, suggesting that migrainously vertigo might have a lesion at the sacculocollic pathway.
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Pharmacological advances in the treatment of neuro-otological and eye movement disorders.
Michael Strupp,Thomas Brandt +1 more
TL;DR: Although progress has been made in the treatment of Vestibular neuritis, downbeat and upbeat nystagmus, as well as EA2, state-of-the-art trials must still be performed on many vestibular and ocular motor disorders, namely Ménière's disease, bilateral vestibulopathy, vestibULAR paroxysmia, vestIBular migraine, and many forms of central eye movement disorders.
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The wide clinical spectrum and nigrostriatal dopaminergic damage in spinocerebellar ataxia type 6
Jong Min Kim,Jee Young Lee,Hee Jin Kim,Ji Seon Kim,Yu Kyeong Kim,Sung Sup Park,Sang Eun Kim,Beom S. Jeon +7 more
TL;DR: It is shown that SCA6 has a varying degree of nigrostriatal dopaminergic derangement, and two patients manifested mild bradykinesia, emphasising the need to screen for SCA 6, even in patients with progressive ataxia and parkinsonism.
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