“…The candidate reference genes were selected based on previous epilepsy studies, use in other rodent disease models, or use in other model organisms. For example, TBP has been determined to be a stable reference gene in a febrile seizure model used in male Sprague–Dawley rat pups (Swijsen, Nelissen, Janssen, Rigo, & Hoogland, ); NONO has been validated as a stable reference gene in a mouse model of colitis (Eissa, Kermarrec, Hussein, Bernstein, & Ghia, ) and adipocyte cell differentiation (Arsenijevic, Grégoire, Delforge, Delporte, & Perret, ); HPRT1 and TBP have been described as stable genes in the intrahippocampal kainic acid mouse model (Pernot et al, ); and YWHAZ, ACTB , and GAPDH in a nonhuman primate model of Alzheimer disease (Park et al, ). Some of our candidate reference genes ( GAPDH, HPRT, TBP, ACTB, UBC, B2M ) have been used in human epilepsy studies (Wierschke et al, ).…”