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Deletion of autism risk gene Shank3 disrupts prefrontal connectivity

(2019) JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 39(27). p.5299-5310
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Mutations in the synaptic scaffolding protein Shank3 are a major cause of autism, and are associated with prominent intellectual and language deficits. However, the neural mechanisms whereby SHANK3 deficiency affects higher order socio-communicative functions remain unclear. Using high-resolution functional and structural MRI in adult male mice, here we show that loss of Shank3 (Shank3B-/-) results in disrupted local and long-range prefrontal and fronto-striatal functional connectivity. We document that prefrontal hypo-connectivity is associated with reduced short-range cortical projections density, and reduced gray matter volume. Finally, we show that prefrontal disconnectivity is predictive of social communication deficits, as assessed with ultrasound vocalization recordings. Collectively, our results reveal a critical role of SHANK3 in the development of prefrontal anatomy and function, and suggest that SHANK3 deficiency may predispose to intellectual disability and socio-communicative impairments via dysregulation of higher-order cortical connectivity.
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autism, brain connectivity, fMRI, mouse, autism spectrum disorder, basal ganglia, functional connectivity, mouse, Phelan-McDermid syndrome, resting state fMRI, FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY, MOUSE, NETWORKS, MICE, EXPRESSION, ANESTHESIA, CIRCUITS, PROTEINS, SYNAPSE, CORTEX

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Pagani, Marco, et al. “Deletion of Autism Risk Gene Shank3 Disrupts Prefrontal Connectivity.” JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, vol. 39, no. 27, 2019, pp. 5299–310, doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2529-18.2019.
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Pagani, M., Bertero, A., Liska, A., Galbusera, A., Sabbioni, M., Barsotti, N., … Gozzi, A. (2019). Deletion of autism risk gene Shank3 disrupts prefrontal connectivity. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 39(27), 5299–5310. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2529-18.2019
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Pagani, Marco, Alice Bertero, Adam Liska, Alberto Galbusera, Mara Sabbioni, Noemi Barsotti, Nigel Colenbier, et al. 2019. “Deletion of Autism Risk Gene Shank3 Disrupts Prefrontal Connectivity.” JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 39 (27): 5299–5310. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2529-18.2019.
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Pagani, Marco, Alice Bertero, Adam Liska, Alberto Galbusera, Mara Sabbioni, Noemi Barsotti, Nigel Colenbier, Daniele Marinazzo, Maria Luisa Scattoni, Massimo Pasqualetti, and Alessandro Gozzi. 2019. “Deletion of Autism Risk Gene Shank3 Disrupts Prefrontal Connectivity.” JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 39 (27): 5299–5310. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2529-18.2019.
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Pagani M, Bertero A, Liska A, Galbusera A, Sabbioni M, Barsotti N, et al. Deletion of autism risk gene Shank3 disrupts prefrontal connectivity. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2019;39(27):5299–310.
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M. Pagani et al., “Deletion of autism risk gene Shank3 disrupts prefrontal connectivity,” JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, vol. 39, no. 27, pp. 5299–5310, 2019.
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  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2529-18.2019}},
  volume       = {{39}},
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