KCNA1 and epilepsy: To ensure that the effects were due to epilepsy and not the specific Kv1.1 mutation in our genetic model or anesthesia, we also imaged capillary blood flow in two other epileptic mice populations: an anesthetized cohort of KO and WT mice and an awake cohort of KA treated mice (a classical model of epilepsy15, 16) versus a sham group.