Excitatory/inhibitory synaptic ratios in polymicrogyria and down syndrome help explain epileptogenesis in malformations

HB Sarnat, L Flores-Sarnat - Pediatric Neurology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The ratio between excitatory (glutamatergic) and inhibitory (GABAergic) inputs
into maturing individual cortical neurons influences their epileptic potential. Structural factors …

SCN3A‐Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder: A Spectrum of Epilepsy and Brain Malformation

T Zaman, KL Helbig, J Clatot, CH Thompson… - Annals of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Pathogenic variants in SCN3A, encoding the voltage‐gated sodium channel
subunit Nav1. 3, cause severe childhood onset epilepsy and malformation of cortical …

SCN2A and its related epileptic phenotypes

AD Praticò, A Giallongo, M Arrabito… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2023 - thieme-connect.com
Epilepsies due to SCN2A mutations can present with a broad range of phenotypes that are
still not fully understood. Clinical characteristics of SNC2A-related epilepsy may vary from …

Prenatal exome sequencing in fetuses with callosal anomalies

T Lei, Q She, F Fu, L Zhen, R Li, Q Yu… - Prenatal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We aimed to investigate the value of exome sequencing (ES) in fetuses with
callosal anomalies (CA) with or without other structural anomalies, but with normal findings …

Diverse genetic causes of polymicrogyria with epilepsy

Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project, Epi4K … - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We sought to identify novel genes and to establish the contribution of known
genes in a large cohort of patients with nonsyndromic sporadic polymicrogyria and epilepsy …

A novel de novo KCNB1 variant altering channel characteristics in a patient with periventricular heterotopia, abnormal corpus callosum, and mild seizure outcome

T Hiraide, T Akita, K Uematsu, S Miyamoto… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - nature.com
KCNB1 encodes the α-subunit of Kv2. 1, the main contributor to neuronal delayed rectifier
potassium currents. The subunit consists of six transmembrane α helices (S1–S6) …

Polymicrogyria in a child with KCNMA1-related channelopathy

D Graber, E Imagawa, N Miyake, N Matsumoto… - Brain and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Back ground Polymicrogyria is a malformation of cortical development with overfolding of the
cerebral cortex and abnormal cortical layering. Polymicrogyria constitutes a heterogenous …

Rare dysfunctional SCN2A variants are associated with malformation of cortical development

J Clatot, CH Thompson, S Sotardi, J Jiang… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective SCN2A encodes the voltage‐gated sodium (Na+) channel α subunit NaV1. 2,
which is important for the generation and forward and back propagation of action potentials …

[HTML][HTML] SCN3A-related neurodevelopmental disorder

KL Helbig, EM Goldberg - 2021 - europepmc.org
SCN3A-related neurodevelopmental disorder (SCN3A-ND) encompasses a spectrum of
clinical severity associated with epilepsy and/or brain malformation. Affected individuals may …

Bilateral Perisylvian Polymicrogyria, Intellectual Disability and Nephronophthisis Associated With Compound Heterozygous Pathogenic Variants in the CEP83  Gene

E Parrini, S Balestrini, D Rutigliano… - American Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The centrosomal protein 83 (CEP83) is a centriolar protein involved in primary
cilium assembly, an early and critical step in ciliogenesis. Bi‐allelic pathogenic variants in …