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The CD mouse is a genetic model that reproduces the deletion found in WBS patients on the equivalent mouse locus. Taking into account that monoaminergic systems are known to modulate behaviors that are altered in WBS, we hypothesized that CD mice could present quantitative and qualitative changes in brain noradrenaline, dopamine, and serotonin systems compared to wild-type (WT) littermates. We sampled 10 brain regions in female mice for quantifying monoamines and related compounds by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrochemical detection. We found a decrease in dopamine in the nucleus accumbens and serotonin and its metabolites in the hypothalamus. Using correlative approaches of tissue content across the brain, we found that the relationships between neurotransmitters or their metabolic ratios (metabolite\/neurotransmitter) changed in CD compared to WT. Notably, compared to WT, the ratios in CD mice showed striatal correlations for the serotonin\/dopamine systems interaction, and cortical, thalamic, and hypothalamic correlations for the noradrenaline\/dopamine systems interaction. 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