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This concept has been strengthened by evidence from several in vitro models, in which pharmacological manipulations of gap junctional communication predictably affect the generation of seizures: blockers diminishing seizure, and enhancers increasing the seizures [ 4 ] . GJ channels can contribute to the prolongation of epileptiform discharges [ 5 ] .
Indeed, a rapid search of the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man database (OMIM [ 18]) for genes associated with the terms 'severe' and 'disorder' confirmed that mutations of GALC, LAMB3, GJB2, JAG1, TGFBI, LPL and LDLR were the origin of serious disorders: Krabbe disease, Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa, autosomal dominant deafness - Vohwinkel syndrome, Alagille syndrome, corneal dystrophy, type I hyperlipoproteinemia and hypercholesterolemia, respectively.
The cells preserved their apical junctional complexes and well developed intercellular gap junctions.
The pathogenesis of abnormal neuronal synchrony underlying seizures, formerly thought to be based mainly on the chemical synaptic transmission, now includes a role of gap junctional communication.
It is also worth considering that the elongated shape of the lateral forming cells becomes much more extreme as development proceeds (Fig 4) [ 8 ] . This brings the laterals close to the cell edges that are parallel to the proximal distal axis of the central core and the junctional complexes at these edges could provide orientation guidance.