Dysfunction in cerebellar Calcium channel causes motor disorders and epilepsy

(Ruhr-University Bochum) A dysfunction of a certain Calcium channel, the so called P/Q-type channel, in neurons of the cerebellum is sufficient to cause different motor diseases as well as a special type of epilepsy. A research team of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum investigated mice that lacked that ion channel in the modulatory input neurons of the cerebellum. "We expect that our results will contribute to the development of treatments for in particular children and young adults suffering from absence epilepsy", Melanie Mark says.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news