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Snezana Maljevic is affiliated with the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Australia. Their research spans several interconnected fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, and Medicine, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience as prominent subfields.

Their scholarly work centers on topics such as Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Ion channel regulation and function, Epilepsy research and treatment, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, and Ion Transport and Channel Regulation.

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • Therapeutic Inhibition of Acid-Sensing Ion Channel 1a Recovers Heart Function After Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury, 2021, Circulation
  • Antisense oligonucleotide therapy for KCNT1 encephalopathy, 2022, JCI Insight
  • Cation leak underlies neuronal excitability in an HCN1 developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 2021, Brain
  • In Vitro Differentiated Human Stem Cell-Derived Neurons Reproduce Synaptic Synchronicity Arising during Neurodevelopment, 2020, Stem Cell Reports
  • Characterization of the GABRB2-Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2020, Annals of Neurology

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Steven Petrou (27 publications)
  • Christopher A. Reid (15 publications)
  • Kay Richards (8 publications)
  • Ben Rollo (7 publications)
  • Nikola Jancovski (7 publications)

The primary venues where this researcher publishes are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 7 publications
  • Neurobiology of Disease with 4 publications
  • Stem Cell Research with 3 publications
  • Circulation with 1 publication
  • JCI Insight with 1 publication

Best Publications

  • Mutations in CLCN2 encoding a voltage-gated chloride channel are associated with idiopathic generalized epilepsies

    Karsten Haug;Maike Warnstedt;Alexi K Alekov;Thomas Sander

  • GLUT1 mutations are a cause of paroxysmal exertion-induced dyskinesias and induce hemolytic anemia by a cation leak

    Yvonne G. Weber;Alexander Storch;Thomas V. Wuttke;Knut Brockmann

  • Paroxysmal exercise-induced dyskinesia and epilepsy is due to mutations in SLC2A1, encoding the glucose transporter GLUT1.

    Arvid Suls;Peter Dedeken;Karolien Goffin;Hilde Van Esch

  • A recurrent de novo mutation in KCNC1 causes progressive myoclonus epilepsy

    Mikko Muona;Samuel F. Berkovic;Leanne M. Dibbens;Karen L. Oliver

  • De novo loss-or gain-of-function mutations in KCNA2 cause epileptic encephalopathy

    Steffen Syrbe;Ulrike B.S. Hedrich;Erik Riesch;Tania Djémié

  • The new anticonvulsant retigabine favors voltage-dependent opening of the Kv7.2 (KCNQ2) channel by binding to its activation gate.

    Thomas V. Wuttke;Guiscard Seebohm;Sigrid Bail;Snezana Maljevic

  • Ion Channels in Genetic Epilepsy: From Genes and Mechanisms to Disease-Targeted Therapies.

    Julia Oyrer;Snezana Maljevic;Ingrid E. Scheffer;Samuel F. Berkovic

  • Dominant‐negative effects of KCNQ2 mutations are associated with epileptic encephalopathy

    Gökce Orhan;Merle Bock;Dorien Schepers;Elena I. Ilina

  • A mutation in the GABA(A) receptor alpha(1)-subunit is associated with absence epilepsy.

    Snezana Maljevic;Klaus Krampfl;Joana Cobilanschi;Nikola Tilgen

  • Mutations in CLCN2 encoding a voltage-gated chloride channel are associated with idiopathic generalized epilepsies

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  • Molecular correlates of age-dependent seizures in an inherited neonatal-infantile epilepsy

    Yunxiang Liao;Liesbet Deprez;Snezana Maljevic;Julika Pitsch

  • Nervous system KV7 disorders: breakdown of a subthreshold brake.

    Snezana Maljevic;Thomas V. Wuttke;Holger Lerche

  • SCN2A mutation associated with neonatal epilepsy, late-onset episodic ataxia, myoclonus, and pain.

    Y. Liao;A.-K. Anttonen;Elina Liukkonen;Eija Gaily

  • Phenotypic spectrum of GABRA1: From generalized epilepsies to severe epileptic encephalopathies

    Katrine Johannesen;Carla Marini;Siona Pfeffer;Rikke S. Møller;Rikke S. Møller

  • K V 7 channelopathies

    Snezana Maljevic;Thomas V. Wuttke;Guiscard Seebohm;Holger Lerche

  • Potassium channel genes and benign familial neonatal epilepsy.

    Snezana Maljevic;Holger Lerche

  • Paroxysmal choreoathetosis/spasticity (DYT9) is caused by a GLUT1 defect.

    Y.G. Weber;C. Kamm;A. Suls;J. Kempfle

  • Mutations in GABRB3: From febrile seizures to epileptic encephalopathies

    Rikke S Møller;Thomas V Wuttke;Ingo Helbig;Carla Marini

  • Dominant KCNA2 mutation causes episodic ataxia and pharmacoresponsive epilepsy

    Mark A. Corbett;Susannah T. Bellows;Melody Li;Renée Carroll

  • Potassium channels: a review of broadening therapeutic possibilities for neurological diseases.

    Snezana Maljevic;Holger Lerche

  • Mutations in the sodium channel gene SCN2A cause neonatal epilepsy with late-onset episodic ataxia

    N. Schwarz;A. Hahn;T. Bast;S. Müller

  • Paroxysmal exercise-induced dyskinesia and epilepsy due to mutations in SLC2A1, encoding the glucose transporter, Gluti

    David Cassiman;A Suls;P Dedeken;Karolien Goffin

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Petrou
Steven Petrou Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Holger Lerche
Holger Lerche University of Tübingen
Christopher A. Reid
Christopher A. Reid Monash University
Ingrid E. Scheffer
Ingrid E. Scheffer University of Melbourne
Samuel F. Berkovic
Samuel F. Berkovic University of Melbourne
Rikke S. Møller
Rikke S. Møller University of Southern Denmark
Yvonne G. Weber
Yvonne G. Weber University of Tübingen
Sarah Weckhuysen
Sarah Weckhuysen University of Antwerp
Ingo Helbig
Ingo Helbig Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki

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