1    What we can learn from a genetic rodent model about autism Dorit Möhrle a , Marta Fernández b , Olga Peñagarikano b,c , Andreas Frick d,e , Brian Allman a , Susanne Schmid a,* a Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada b Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of the Basque Country, Barrio Sarriena s/n, Leioa 48940, Spain c Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Spain d INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, Physiopathologie de la Plasticité Neuronale, U1215, Bordeaux, France. e University of Bordeaux, Neurocentre Magendie, Physiopathologie de la Plasticité Neuronale, Bordeaux, France. *Corresponding author: Susanne Schmid, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, Medical Sciences Building, Room 470, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada. E-mail address: Susanne.schmid@schulich.uwo.ca (S. Schmid). Declarations of interest: none Number of text pages: 66 Number of tables: 4 Number of figures: 1 Number of references: 397 Number of words in Abstract: 163 Number of words in Introduction: 576 Number of words in Discussion: 915 Role of funding source Funding: This work was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (SS and BA), the Simons Foundation for Autism Research (SS and BA), the Canada First Research Excellence Funds: BrainsCAN (SS and BA), the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM, AF), and the Spanish MICINN [grant number RTI2018-101427-B-I00] (OP). The funders had no role in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication.