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SUBMITTER: Welch JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2442572 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Welch Jeffrey M JM Lu Jing J Rodriguiz Ramona M RM Trotta Nicholas C NC Peca Joao J Ding Jin-Dong JD Feliciano Catia C Chen Meng M Adams J Paige JP Luo Jianhong J Dudek Serena M SM Weinberg Richard J RJ Calakos Nicole N Wetsel William C WC Feng Guoping G
Nature 20070801 7156
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 excitatory synapses that is highly expressed in the striatum. Here we show that mice with ...[more]