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  • Gene mutation leads to epileptic encephalopathy symptoms, neuron death in mice

    Eung Chang Kim and Hee Jung Chung in a laboratory.

    A study led by Illinois postdoctoral researcher Eung Chang Kim and professor Hee Jung Chung found that mice with a genetic mutation associated with epileptic encephalopathy exhibit not only the seizure and behavioral symptoms of the disorder, but also neural degeneration and inflammation in the brain.

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  • Editor’s Note: To reach Hee Jung Chung, email chunghj@illinois.edu.   

    The paper “Spontaneous seizure and memory loss in mice expressing an epileptic encephalopathy variant in the calmodulin-binding domain of Kv7.2” is available online.

    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2021265118