Scientists have bred an unusually anxious, compulsively overgrooming mouse by knocking out a single gene called Slitrk5. These genetically altered mice, which behave much like people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), could help researchers better understand and treat the debilitating disorder. The work was published online yesterday in Nature Medicine.
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