Cyfip1 haploinsufficient rats show white matter changes, myelin thinning, abnormal oligodendrocytes and behavioural inflexibility
(2019)
Journal Article
Silva, A. I., Haddon, J. E., Ahmed Syed, Y., Trent, S., Lin, T. E., Patel, Y., …Wilkinson, L. S. (2019). Cyfip1 haploinsufficient rats show white matter changes, myelin thinning, abnormal oligodendrocytes and behavioural inflexibility. Nature communications, 10, Article 3455. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11119-7
The biological basis of the increased risk for psychiatric disorders seen in 15q11.2 copy number deletion is unknown. Previous work has shown disturbances in white matter tracts in human carriers of the deletion. Here, in a novel rat model, we recapi... Read More about Cyfip1 haploinsufficient rats show white matter changes, myelin thinning, abnormal oligodendrocytes and behavioural inflexibility.