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Disruption to social dyadic interactions but not emotional/anxiety-related behaviour in mice with heterozygous 'knockout' of the schizophrenia risk gene neuregulin-1.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry - 15 Feb 2008
O'Tuathaigh Colm M P, O'Connor Anne-Marie, O'Sullivan Gerard J, Lai Donna, Harvey Richard, Croke David T, Waddington John L
Abstract excerpt
Clinical genetic studies have implicated neuregulin-1 [NRG1] as a leading susceptibility gene for schizophrenia. NRG1 is known to play a significant role in the developing brain, which is consistent with the prevailing neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia. Thus, the emotional and social phenotype of adult mice with heterozygous 'knockout' of transmembrane [TM]-domain NRG1 was examined further in both sexes....
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