“…Hence, decreased locomotion in the open field has been reported in many existing models including models with Δ4-9, Δ13-16, Δ21 deletions, or point mutations ( Yang et al, 2012 ; Kouser et al, 2013 ; Speed et al, 2015 ; Bidinosti et al, 2016 ; Mei et al, 2016 ; Zhou et al, 2016 ; Copping et al, 2017 ) even if not always replicated in other models with similar or different deletions (Δ4-9, Δ9, Δ13, Δ13-16, Δ21; Peça et al, 2011 ; Drapeau et al, 2014 ; Duffney et al, 2015 ; Lee et al, 2015 ; Jaramillo et al, 2016, 2017 ). Similarly, motor learning in accelerating rotarod was found to be impaired in Δ4-9, Δ11, Δ13, Δ13-16, and Δ21 models ( Bozdagi et al, 2010 ; Wang et al, 2011 ; Yang et al, 2012 ; Kouser et al, 2013 ; Zhu et al, 2014 ; Speed et al, 2015 ; Mei et al, 2016 ; Jaramillo et al, 2017 ; Vicidomini et al, 2017 ) although not replicated in other studies (Δ4-9, Δ13-16, or Δ2; Peça et al, 2011 ; Drapeau et al, 2014 ; Duffney et al, 2015 ; Bidinosti et al, 2016 ; Jaramillo et al, 2016 ; Li et al, 2017 ). In agreement with Wang et al (2011) , both spontaneous locomotion and rotarod learning were strongly impaired in our Shank3 Δ4–22 mouse model.…”