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Haploinsufficiency of the autism-associated Shank3 gene leads to deficits in synaptic function, social interaction, and social communication

Ozlem Bozdagi, Takeshi Sakurai, Danae Papapetrou, Xiaobin Wang, Dara L Dickstein, Nagahide Takahashi, Yuji Kajiwara, Mu Yang, Adam M Katz, Maria L Scattoni, Mark J Harris, Roheeni Saxena, Jill L Silverman, Jacqueline N Crawley, Qiang Zhou, Patrick R Hof and Joseph D Buxbaum*

Molecular Autism 2010, 1:15 doi:10.1186/2040-2392-1-15

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Following the genes: a framework for animal modeling of psychiatric disorders

Kevin J Mitchell, Z Josh Huang, Bita Moghaddam, Akira Sawa BMC Biology 2011, 9:76 (11 November 2011)

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Following a brief overview of the revolution in psychiatric genetics, Kevin Mitchell and colleagues explain how the effects of causal mutations can be studied in animals to elucidate pathogenic mechanisms and neurobiological phenotypes of direct relevance to human disease.