PI3K/AKT Pathway and Brain Malformations

Authors

  • Gavin B. Rice Furman University, Greenville, SC
  • Nitin R. Wadhwani Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-7-3

Keywords:

PI3K/AKT mutations, Cortical dysplasia, Megalencephaly

Abstract

Investigators from Seattle Children's Research Institute, University of Washington, and collaborating institutions sought to evaluate 10 genes in the PI3K/AKT pathway as it relates epileptogenic brain malformations in patients with megalencephaly, hemimegalencephaly, and focal cortical dysplasia.

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Published

2015-07-31

Issue

Section

CNS Malformations