Ikuo Ogiwara et al. find that nonsense mutations in the gene coding for the voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.2, SCN2A, cause absence-like seizures in mice. They also find that Nav1.2 haplodeficiency in excitatory, but not in inhibitory, neurons contributes to epileptogenesis.
- Ikuo Ogiwara
- Hiroyuki Miyamoto
- Kazuhiro Yamakawa