Table 2. Functional annotation of genes that were differentially expressed due to the effects of seizures.
Category | Term | P-value |
Biological Process | Synaptic transmission | 6.4e-5 |
Secretory pathway | 7.1e-4 | |
Regulation of neurotransmitter levels | 0.0029 | |
Dopamine metabolic process | 0.0043 | |
Protein transport | 0.005 | |
Cellular component | Coated vesicle | 4.2e-4 |
Cytoskeleton | 0.015 | |
Axon | 0.023 | |
Molecular function | Transcription coactivator activity | 0.019 |
GO analysis of the 259 differentially expressed genes that were changed due to the effect of chronic seizures on the brain. Multiple functional categories associated with transport and synaptic functions were enriched within this list of genes, suggesting that chronic seizures alter neuronal function or transmission.