Cognitive and Social Impairment in Mouse Models Mirrors Dravet Syndrome: Cognitive and Social Impairment in Dravet Mice

JA Kearney - Epilepsy Currents, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
The models are an Scn1a+/-knockout mouse developed in the laboratory of Dr. William
Catterall (4) and a mouse engineered with the Dravet syndrome mutation SCN1A-R1407X …

Adolescent behavioral abnormalities in a Scn1a+/− mouse model of Dravet syndrome

D Bahceci, LL Anderson, CVOH Brown, C Zhou… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Dravet syndrome is an intractable pediatric epilepsy associated with SCN1A mutations. In
addition to having a large seizure burden and a reduced lifespan, patients with Dravet …

[HTML][HTML] Behavioral phenotyping of young Scn1a haploinsufficient mice

M Reiber, N Miljanovic, K Schönhoff, R Palme… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
Dravet syndrome is a rare, severe, infancy-onset epileptic encephalopathy associated with a
high premature mortality. In most patients, Dravet syndrome is caused by a heterozygous …

C57BL/6J and C57BL/6N substrains differentially influence phenotype severity in the Scn1a+/− mouse model of Dravet syndrome

SK Kang, NA Hawkins, JA Kearney - Epilepsia Open, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Many disease‐relevant phenotypes modeled in inbred mice have been shown to be strain‐
dependent, indicating the important influence of genetic background on disease …

“It Was the Interneuron with the Parvalbumin in the Hippocampus!”“No, it Was the Pyramidal Cell with the Glutamate in the Cortex!” Searching for Clues to the …

LL Isom - Epilepsy Currents, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Dravet Syndrome–It's Not Only Interneurons channels, possibly Nav1. 2 or Nav1. 6, for firing.
Based on this model, it was hypothesized that pathophysiology in DS is due to dysfunctional …

Screening of conventional anticonvulsants in a genetic mouse model of epilepsy

NA Hawkins, LL Anderson, TS Gertler… - Annals of Clinical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that affects 1% of the population.
Approximately, 30% of individuals with epilepsy are refractory to treatment, highlighting the …

Convulsive seizures and some behavioral comorbidities are uncoupled in the Scn1aA1783V Dravet syndrome mouse model

S Fadila, S Quinn, A Turchetti Maia, D Yakubovich… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objective Dravet syndrome (Dravet) is a severe childhood epileptic
encephalopathy. The disease begins with a febrile stage, characterized by febrile seizures …

Strain-and age-dependent hippocampal neuron sodium currents correlate with epilepsy severity in Dravet syndrome mice

AM Mistry, CH Thompson, AR Miller, CG Vanoye… - Neurobiology of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Heterozygous loss-of-function SCN1A mutations cause Dravet syndrome, an epileptic
encephalopathy of infancy that exhibits variable clinical severity. We utilized a heterozygous …

Mapping genetic modifiers of survival in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome

AR Miller, NA Hawkins, CE McCollom… - Genes, Brain and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder affecting approximately 1% of the population.
Mutations in voltage‐gated sodium channels are responsible for several monogenic …

[HTML][HTML] A novel rat model of Dravet syndrome recapitulates clinical hallmarks

M Li, L Yang, W Qian, S Ray, Z Lu, T Liu, YY Zou… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dravet syndrome (DS) is a debilitating infantile epileptic encephalopathy characterized by
seizures induced by high body temperature (hyperthermia), sudden unexpected death in …