A Human Touch: Hominid-Specific LRRC37B Regulates Axon Initial Segment Excitability

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¹ Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
² Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Epilepsy NeuroGenetics Initiative, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Department of Neurology, Department of Neuroscience, The Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania.

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Ania K Dabrowski et al. Epilepsy Curr. 2024.

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doi: 10.1177/15357597241253683. eCollection 2024 Jul-Aug.

¹ Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
² Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Epilepsy NeuroGenetics Initiative, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Department of Neurology, Department of Neuroscience, The Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania.

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The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

LRRC37B is a human modifier of voltage-gated sodium channels and axon excitability in cortical neurons.
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