About the Authors
- Kei Watase
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Affiliations 21st Century COE program on Brain Integration and Its Disorders, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan , Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America , Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Jennifer R Gatchel
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Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Yaling Sun
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Effat Emamian
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Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- Richard Atkinson
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Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Ronald Richman
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Affiliations Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America , Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Hidehiro Mizusawa
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Affiliation 21st Century COE program on Brain Integration and Its Disorders, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
- Harry T Orr
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Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- Chad Shaw
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Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Huda Y Zoghbi
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: hzoghbi@bcm.tmc.edu
Affiliations Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America , Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America , Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America , Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
KW and HYZ designed the study. KW, JRG, RA, RR, HM, and CS analyzed the data. KW, JRG, HM, HTO, and HYZ contributed to writing the paper. KW collected data and performed experiments for the study. JRG collected, analyzed, and interpreted data. YS performed immunofluorescence staining, Northern analyses, and mouse breeding and feeding with treated chow. EE and HTO provided some foundation for the current study with initial studies on another animal model using lithium. RA designed the method and collected and analyzed the image data used in preparation of portions of Figure 3. HM contributed to the above activities directly or through discussions with KW. CS participated in statistical analyses.