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Verneri Anttila1, Maija Wessman, Mikko Kallela
1Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, CB10 1SA, Hinxton, UK. aarno.palotie@sanger.ac.uk.
Abstract:
Plausible genome-wide associations for episodic neurological diseases (such as migraine, epilepsy and ataxias) have been slow to emerge. The first such association was reported in a recent genome-wide association study of migraine, with quantitative expression analysis linking the variant to a nearby regulatory gene, MTDH/AEG-1. This putative mechanism, regulating the expression of the primary glutamate transporter in the brain, EAAT2/GLT-1, has interesting implications bridging the gap between Mendelian and common forms in this key group of disorders.
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