Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

CDH2 mutation affecting N-cadherin function causes attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in humans and mice

  • D. Halperin,
  • A. Stavsky,
  • R. Kadir,
  • M. Drabkin,
  • O. Wormser,
  • Y. Yogev,
  • V. Dolgin,
  • R. Proskorovski-Ohayon,
  • Y. Perez,
  • H. Nudelman,
  • O. Stoler,
  • B. Rotblat,
  • T. Lifschytz,
  • A. Lotan,
  • G. Meiri,
  • D. Gitler,
  • O. S. Birk

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26426-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Molecular mechanisms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are not fully understood. Here the authors demonstrate a mutation in CDH2, encoding N-cadherin, that is associated with ADHD, and in a mouse model, delineate molecular electrophysiological characteristics associated with this mutation.