Genetic changes shaping the human brain

BI Bae, D Jayaraman, CA Walsh - Developmental cell, 2015 - cell.com
The development and function of our brain are governed by a genetic blueprint, which
reflects dynamic changes over the history of evolution. Recent progress in genetics and …

Functional and evolutionary insights into human brain development through global transcriptome analysis

MB Johnson, YI Kawasawa, CE Mason, Ž Krsnik… - Neuron, 2009 - cell.com
Our understanding of the evolution, formation, and pathological disruption of human brain
circuits is impeded by a lack of comprehensive data on the developing brain transcriptome …

Transcriptomic perspectives on neocortical structure, development, evolution, and disease

ES Lein, TG Belgard, M Hawrylycz… - Annual Review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
The cerebral cortex is the source of our most complex cognitive capabilities and a
vulnerable target of many neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. Transcriptomics …

Human brain evolution: harnessing the genomics (r) evolution to link genes, cognition, and behavior

G Konopka, DH Geschwind - Neuron, 2010 - cell.com
The evolution of the human brain has resulted in numerous specialized features including
higher cognitive processes such as language. Knowledge of whole-genome sequence and …

Revealing the brain's molecular architecture

PsychENCODE Consortium* - Science, 2018 - science.org
The brain, our most complex organ, is at the root of both the cognitive and behavioral
repertoires that make us unique as a species and underlies susceptibility to neuropsychiatric …

Genetic basis of human brain evolution

EJ Vallender, N Mekel-Bobrov, BT Lahn - Trends in neurosciences, 2008 - cell.com
Human evolution is characterized by a rapid increase in brain size and complexity. Decades
of research have made important strides in identifying anatomical and physiological …

Spatiotemporal transcriptomic divergence across human and macaque brain development

Y Zhu, AMM Sousa, T Gao, M Skarica, M Li, G Santpere… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Improved understanding of how the developing human nervous system
differs from that of closely related nonhuman primates is fundamental for teasing out human …

Allelic diversity in human developmental neurogenetics: insights into biology and disease

CA Walsh, EC Engle - Neuron, 2010 - cell.com
One of the biggest challenges in neuroscience is illuminating the architecture of
developmental brain disorders, which include structural malformations of the brain and …

Human-specific transcriptional networks in the brain

G Konopka, T Friedrich, J Davis-Turak, K Winden… - Neuron, 2012 - cell.com
Understanding human-specific patterns of brain gene expression and regulation can
provide key insights into human brain evolution and speciation. Here, we use next …

Spatiotemporal dynamics of the postnatal developing primate brain transcriptome

TE Bakken, JA Miller, R Luo, A Bernard… - Human molecular …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Developmental changes in the temporal and spatial regulation of gene expression drive the
emergence of normal mature brain function, while disruptions in these processes underlie …