Additionally, we assessed the impact of NRG3 overexposure during early neonatal development (as a peripheral exposure model of NRG3 overexpression in schizophrenia [13]) on a series of adult behaviors relevant to neurocognitive and neurodevelopmental disorders; testing the hypothesis that mice exposed to NRG3 during a critical neurodevelopmental window would show behavioral abnormalities later in life. This evidence concerns the gene NRG3 and schizophrenia.