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Neurochemical and behavioral characterization of neuronal glutamate transporter EAAT3 heterozygous mice.
Biological research - 19 Sept 2017
González Luis F, Henríquez-Belmar Francisca, Delgado-Acevedo Claudia, Cisternas-Olmedo Marisol, Arriagada Gloria, Sotomayor-Zárate Ramón, Murphy Dennis L, Moya Pablo R
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BACKGROUND: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a severe neuropsychiatric condition affecting 1-3% of the worldwide population. OCD has a strong genetic component, and the SLC1A1 gene that encodes neuronal glutamate transporter EAAT3 is a strong candidate for this disorder. To evaluate the impact of reduced EAAT3 expression in vivo, we studied male EAAT3 heterozygous and wild-type littermate mice using a...
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