Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SOCIALBRAINCIRCUITS (Neuroanatomical substrates of social deficit in a mouse model of 22q11 deletion syndrome)

Hemizygous deletion of chromosome 22 at the q11.2 band results in the loss of ~50 gene copies, and, with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 2,000–4,000 live births, is established as the most common microdeletion disorder. Also known as velocardiofacial or DiGeorge syndrome...