CNTNAP2 and autism: Using the core autism candidate genes (n = 455 genes) present in brainspan [50], we identified 13 deleted genes: APBA2, ATP10A, CDH22, CDH8, GABRA5, GABRG3, NDN, NDNL2, CNTNAP2, GABRB3, GRIN2A, SCN1A and SHANK1 (Table 5).