Loss of cGMP-dependent protein kinase II alters ultrasonic vocalizations in mice, a model for speech impairment in human microdeletion 4q21 syndrome
Tiffany M. Tran, Jessica K. Sherwood, Michael J. Doolittle, Matheus Figueiredo Sathler, Franz Bruno Hofmann, Leslie M. Stone-Roy, Seonil Kim
This study shows that cGKII knockout mice exhibit altered ultrasonic vocalizations and hypothalamic neuron activation, suggesting they model speech impairment in human 4q21 microdeletion syndrome.
Neuroscience Letters · Jun 12, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience