Targeting aberrant dendritic integration to treat cognitive comorbidities of epilepsy
Nicola Masala, Martin Pofahl, André N Haubrich, Khondker Ushna Sameen Islam, Negar Nikbakht, Maryam Pasdarnavab, Kirsten Bohmbach, Kunihiko Araki, Fateme Kamali, Christian Henneberger, Kurtuluş Gölcük, Laura A. Ewell, Sandra Blaess, Tony Kelly, Heinz Beck
The paper identifies a Na+ channel-dependent mechanism in hippocampal dendrites that contributes to spatial memory deficits in epilepsy and shows that targeting Nav1.3 channels can reverse these deficits.
Brain · Nov 28, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience