Researchers Discover the Cause of an Inherited Form of Epilepsy

Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 11:31 in Biology & Nature

Double-cortex syndrome primarily affects females and arises from mutations on a gene located on the X chromosome. Drs. Susanne Bechstedt and Gary Brouhard have used a highly advanced microscope to discover how these mutations cause a malformation of the human brain.

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