A single gene defect causing claustrophobia

A single gene defect causing claustrophobia

Claustrophobia, the well-known fear of being trapped in narrow/closed spaces, is often considered a conditioned response to traumatic experience. Surprisingly, we found that mutations affecting a single gene, encoding a stress-regulated neuronal protein, can cause claustrophobia. Gpm6a-deficient mic...

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Main Authors: El-Kordi, A, Kästner, A, Grube, S, Klugmann, M, Begemann, M, Sperling, S, Hammerschmidt, K, Hammer, C, Stepniak, B, Patzig, J, de Monasterio-Schrader, P, Strenzke, N, Flügge, G, Werner, H B, Pawlak, R, Nave, K-A, Ehrenreich, H
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3641414/

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