2022
Fibroblast growth factor homologous factor 2 attenuates excitability of DRG neurons
Effraim PR, Estacion M, Zhao P, Sosniak D, Waxman SG, Dib-Hajj SD. Fibroblast growth factor homologous factor 2 attenuates excitability of DRG neurons. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2022, 128: 1258-1266. PMID: 36222860, PMCID: PMC9909838, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00361.2022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDRG neuron excitabilityDRG neuronal excitabilityNeuronal excitabilityFibroblast growth factor homologous factorsNerve injuryDRG neuronsInflammatory mediatorsNeuron excitabilityDorsal root ganglion neuronsFunction of Nav1.7Peripheral nerve axotomyMultiple neurological disordersVoltage-gated sodium channelsDRG excitabilityFibroblast growth factor homologous factor 2Inflammatory painNerve axotomyGanglion neuronsIsoform-dependent mannerNeurological disordersBasal conditionsExcitabilityGating propertiesNeuron firingInjury
2010
A sodium channel mutation linked to epilepsy increases ramp and persistent current of Nav1.3 and induces hyperexcitability in hippocampal neurons
Estacion M, Gasser A, Dib-Hajj SD, Waxman SG. A sodium channel mutation linked to epilepsy increases ramp and persistent current of Nav1.3 and induces hyperexcitability in hippocampal neurons. Experimental Neurology 2010, 224: 362-368. PMID: 20420834, DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.04.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHippocampal neuronsCardiac muscle sodium channelsCryptogenic partial epilepsyHippocampal neuron excitabilitySodium channelsSomatic pain disordersDifferent sodium channel isoformsHuman chromosome 2Sodium channel isoformsPain disordersPartial epilepsyNeuron excitabilityPathophysiological basisExcitability disordersSpontaneous firingSodium channel mutationsGene SCN1ASodium channelopathiesCharge-neutralizing mutationsRamp currentsMuscle sodium channelsChromosome 2Channel isoformsChannel mutationsFunctional analysis