Connexin connection (IMAGE)

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Connexin connection

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The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists team used larval zebrafish to reveal a connection between seizures and a deficit in the brain protein connexin 36. Here, two views of a zebrafish brain show widespread increases in hyperactivity, tagged in green, after the brain was exposed to one drug that blocks the protein and another drug that induces seizures. Areas of significant decrease in activity are labeled in magenta.

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Yuchin Albert Pan Lab

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