The authors show that downregulation of SHANK3 in the VTA induces cell specific changes in DA and GABA neurons that converge to generate social behavioral deficits. Administration of a positive allosteric modulator of the type 1 metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR1) ameliorates synaptic, circuit and behavioral deficits.
- Sebastiano Bariselli
- Stamatina Tzanoulinou
- Camilla Bellone