Neuroligins Provide Molecular Links Between Syndromic and Nonsyndromic Autism (original) (raw)

“…CNTNAP2 has also been implicated in autism spectrum disorders (ASD), schizophrenia, and intellectual disability (ID), and it is believed to be involved in ion channel distribution along the axon, as well as interactions between neurons and glial cells [62, 64]. A small, transmitted exonic deletion was observed in NLGN4X , also involved in ASD, in a family with TS, motor tics, autism, learning problems, anxiety, and depression [65–67]. Prontera et al .…”