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β-CCM is a β-carboline known to have properties opposite to those of benzodiazepines. Our approach was to analyze, in mice, the genetic mechanisms involved in β-CCM-induced myoclonic seizures using recombinant congenic strains and F1 hybrids issued from these strains. Our aim was to define the extent of the multigenic character of β-CCM-induced myoclonic seizures, while also evaluating the distribution of the strength of the genes implicated in this trait. The results show that the control of reactivity to β-CCM is multigenic with notable epistatic involvement.
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Martin, B., Marchaland, C., Chapouthier, G. et al. Evidence for a multigenic system controlling methyl-β-carboline-3-carboxylate (β-CCM)-induced seizures. Behav Genet 24, 285–297 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01067195
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