Pumilio2-deficient mice show a predisposition for epilepsy

• Main Authors: Philipp Follwaczny (Author), Rico Schieweck (Author), Therese Riedemann (Author), Antonia Demleitner (Author), Tobias Straub (Author), Anna H. Klemm (Author), Martin Bilban (Author), Bernd Sutor (Author), Bastian Popper (Author), Michael A. Kiebler (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Company of Biologists, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Epilepsy is a neurological disease that is caused by abnormal hypersynchronous activities of neuronal ensembles leading to recurrent and spontaneous seizures in human patients. Enhanced neuronal excitability and a high level of synchrony between neurons seem to trigger these spontaneous seizures. Th...