SHANK3, the synapse, and autism

N Engl J Med. 2011 Jul 14;365(2):173-5. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcibr1104261.

Author

Martha R Herbert¹

Affiliation

¹ Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.

PMID: 21751912
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcibr1104261

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Autistic Disorder / genetics*
Autistic Disorder / pathology
Autistic Disorder / physiopathology
Carrier Proteins / genetics*
Carrier Proteins / metabolism
Corpus Striatum / pathology
Corpus Striatum / physiopathology*
Dendrites / physiology*
Mice
Microfilament Proteins
Mutant Proteins / genetics
Mutant Proteins / metabolism
Nerve Tissue Proteins
Synapses / genetics
Synapses / metabolism

Substances

Carrier Proteins
Microfilament Proteins
Mutant Proteins
Nerve Tissue Proteins
Shank3 protein, mouse