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Cortico-striatal synaptic defects and OCD-like behaviours in Sapap3-mutant mice.
Nature - 23 Aug 2007
Welch Jeffrey M, Lu Jing, Rodriguiz Ramona M, Trotta Nicholas C, Peca Joao, Ding Jin-Dong, Feliciano Catia, Chen Meng, Adams J Paige, Luo Jianhong, Dudek Serena M, Weinberg Richard J, Calakos Nicole, Wetsel William C, Feng Guoping
Abstract excerpt
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety-spectrum disorder characterized by persistent intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive actions (compulsions). Dysfunction of cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical circuitry is implicated in OCD, although the underlying pathogenic mechanisms are unknown. SAP90/PSD95-associated protein 3 (SAPAP3; also known as DLGAP3) is a postsynaptic scaffolding protein at...
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