ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Knockout of latrophilin-3 in Sprague-Dawley rats causes hyperactivity, hyper- reactivity, under-response to amphetamine, and disrupted dopamine markers Samantha L. Regana, Jillian R. Hufgardb, Emily M. Pitzera, Chiho Sugimotoc, Yueh- Chiang Hud, Michael T. Williamsc, and Charles V. Vorheesc* aNeuroscience Graduate Program, University of Cincinnati, bDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indiana University School of Medicine, cDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, dDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA ORCID: S.L.R. 0000-0001-9198-1411, J.R.H. 0000-0002-6248-1087, M.T.W. 0000- 0001-9841-9683, C.V.V. 0000-0003-3558-8812. *Corresponding author: Charles V. Vorhees, Ph.D., Div. of Neurology, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA: email:
[email protected] Abbreviated title: Lphn3 KO rat, hyperactivity and dopaminergic effects ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ___________________________________________________________________ This is the author's manuscript of the article published in final edited form as: Regan, S. L., Hufgard, J. R., Pitzer, E. M., Sugimoto, C., Hu, Y.-C., Williams, M. T., & Vorhees, C. V. (2019). Knockout of latrophilin-3 in Sprague-Dawley rats causes hyperactivity, hyper-reactivity, under-response to amphetamine, and disrupted dopamine markers. Neurobiology of Disease, 130, 104494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2019.104494 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Abstract Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a pervasive developmental disorder characterized by inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity and is 75-90% heritable.