The autism and schizophrenia-associated protein CYFIP1 regulates bilateral brain connectivity
Nuria Domıńguez-Iturza, Adrian C. Lo, Disha Shah, Marcelo Armendáriz, Anna Vannelli, Valentina Mercaldo, Massimo Trusel, Ka Wan Li, Denise Gastaldo, Ana Rita Santos, Zsuzsanna Callaerts‐Vegh, Rudi D’Hooge, Manuel Mameli, Annemie Van der Linden, August Benjamin Smit, , Claudia Bagni
This study shows that CYFIP1 haploinsufficiency in mice causes reduced brain functional connectivity and white matter defects, linking it to neuropsychiatric disorders like Autism and Schizophrenia.
Nature Communications · Aug 1, 2019Peer-reviewedNeuroscience