2019
Rat NaV1.7 loss-of-function genetic model: Deficient nociceptive and neuropathic pain behavior with retained olfactory function and intra-epidermal nerve fibers
Grubinska B, Chen L, Alsaloum M, Rampal N, Matson D, Yang C, Taborn K, Zhang M, Youngblood B, Liu D, Galbreath E, Allred S, Lepherd M, Ferrando R, Kornecook T, Lehto S, Waxman S, Moyer B, Dib-Hajj S, Gingras J. Rat NaV1.7 loss-of-function genetic model: Deficient nociceptive and neuropathic pain behavior with retained olfactory function and intra-epidermal nerve fibers. Molecular Pain 2019, 15: 1744806919881846. PMID: 31550995, PMCID: PMC6831982, DOI: 10.1177/1744806919881846.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlfactory functionNav1.7 proteinPain behaviorPain responseRat modelSmall-diameter dorsal root ganglion neuronsNormal intraepidermal nerve fibre densityIntraepidermal nerve fiber densityIntra-epidermal nerve fibersDorsal root ganglion neuronsNeuropathic pain behaviorsNeuropathic pain responsesSpinal nerve ligationNerve fiber densityDorsal root gangliaAction potential firingPeripheral nervous systemEarly postnatal developmentGenetic animal modelsNav1.7 lossNerve ligationPain targetsNeuropathic conditionsGanglion neuronsRoot ganglia
2015
De novo gain-of-function and loss-of-function mutations of SCN8A in patients with intellectual disabilities and epilepsy
Blanchard MG, Willemsen MH, Walker JB, Dib-Hajj SD, Waxman SG, Jongmans M, Kleefstra T, van de Warrenburg BP, Praamstra P, Nicolai J, Yntema HG, Bindels R, Meisler MH, Kamsteeg EJ. De novo gain-of-function and loss-of-function mutations of SCN8A in patients with intellectual disabilities and epilepsy. Journal Of Medical Genetics 2015, 52: 330. PMID: 25725044, PMCID: PMC4413743, DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2014-102813.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical exome sequencingClinical featuresEarly-infantile epileptic encephalopathy type 13Intellectual disabilityVoltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.6De novo SCN8A mutationFunction mutationsExome sequencingSodium channel Nav1.6Variable clinical featuresGenotype-phenotype correlationSCN8A mutationsChannel Nav1.6Hyperpolarising shiftMutant sodium channelsPatientsDe novoHeterozygous lossSodium channelsElectrophysiological analysisClinical interpretationType 13DisabilitySeizuresWildtype channel
2007
Channel, neuronal and clinical function in sodium channelopathies: from genotype to phenotype
Waxman SG. Channel, neuronal and clinical function in sodium channelopathies: from genotype to phenotype. Nature Neuroscience 2007, 10: 405-409. PMID: 17387329, DOI: 10.1038/nn1857.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSodium channel functionClinical manifestationsClinical statusNeuronal functionChannel functionPositive clinical manifestationsSodium channelsIon channel mutationsNegative clinical manifestationsNeuronal hyperexcitabilityNeuronal hypoexcitabilityNeuronal activityClinical functionNervous systemSodium channelopathiesChannelopathiesChannel mutationsManifestationsCell backgroundPhysiological propertiesStatusHyperexcitabilityHypoexcitabilitySeizuresParalysis