CACNA1A. CACNA1A is a large gene with a long history. Its first gene-disease association was with spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6), an adult-onset progressive neurological disorder. Next, it was found to be associated with episodic ataxia and familial hemiplegic migraine. It took several more years before it was also found to be associated with epilepsy, developmental delay, and a more severe form of hemiplegic migraine. Here is a blog post on the range of neurological disorders associated with CACNA1A and the mechanism driving it.
Tag Archives: 2023
Ring Chromosome 20 – here is what you need to know in 2023
Ring chromosome 20. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know that much of our focus is on single genes and their relationships to neurodevelopmental disorder. Admittedly, we may neglect cytogenetic conditions. However, in today’s post, we highlight ring chromosome 20 as a likely underdiagnosed genetic epilepsy with distinct clinical features.
Five things to know about SLC6A1 in 2023
GAT1. The SLC6A1 gene remains one of the most common genetic etiologies to be associated with genetic generalized epilepsy and myoclonic atonic epilepsy. SLC6A1 has not received an update on our blog in a while, perhaps because unlike many other genes we see, this one has remained with a somewhat consistent clinical picture, albeit with much more detail and confidence than available back when the first papers were published in 2015-2018. Here are the five things to know about SLC6A1 in 2023.
