SCN8A

Sodium channel, voltage gated, type VIII, alpha subunit also known as SCN8A or Nav1.6 is a is_associated_with::protein which in humans is encoded by the SCN8A is_associated_with::gene. It is a is_associated_with::voltage-gated sodium channel.

The ion channel was discovered by John Caldwell and colleagues at the is_associated_with::University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in the rat, and by Miriam Meisler and colleagues at the is_associated_with::University of Michigan Medical School in the mouse.

Mutations in this gene have been associated to cases of early infantile epileptic is_associated_with::encephalopathy.(PMID:24352161)