The multiple facets of Cajal-Retzius neurons

F Causeret, MX Moreau, A Pierani… - Development, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT Cajal-Retzius neurons (CRs) are among the first-born neurons in the
developing cortex of reptiles, birds and mammals, including humans. The peculiarity of CRs …

Tangential migration of glutamatergic neurons and cortical patterning during development: Lessons from Cajal‐Retzius cells

M Barber, A Pierani - Developmental neurobiology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Tangential migration is a mode of cell movement, which in the developing cerebral cortex, is
defined by displacement parallel to the ventricular surface and orthogonal to the radial glial …

A syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder caused by de novo variants in EBF3

HT Chao, M Davids, E Burke, JG Pappas… - The American Journal of …, 2017 - cell.com
Early B cell factor 3 (EBF3) is a member of the highly evolutionarily conserved
Collier/Olf/EBF (COE) family of transcription factors. Prior studies on invertebrate and …

ZEB1 represses neural differentiation and cooperates with CTBP2 to dynamically regulate cell migration during neocortex development

H Wang, Z Xiao, J Zheng, J Wu, XL Hu, X Yang… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Zinc-finger E-box binding homeobox 1 (Zeb1) is a key regulator of epithelial-mesenchymal
transition and cancer metastasis. Mutation of ZEB1 is associated with human diseases and …

[HTML][HTML] Foxg1 coordinates the switch from nonradially to radially migrating glutamatergic subtypes in the neocortex through spatiotemporal repression

T Kumamoto, K Toma, WL McKenna, T Kasukawa… - Cell reports, 2013 - cell.com
The specification of neuronal subtypes in the cerebral cortex proceeds in a temporal
manner; however, the regulation of the transitions between the sequentially generated …

De novo mutations in EBF3 cause a neurodevelopmental syndrome

H Sleven, SJ Welsh, J Yu, MEA Churchill… - The American Journal of …, 2017 - cell.com
Early B cell factor 3 (EBF3) is an atypical transcription factor that is thought to influence the
laminar formation of the cerebral cortex. Here, we report that de novo mutations in EBF3 …

Neonatal estradiol stimulation prevents epilepsy in Arx model of X-linked infantile spasms syndrome

PR Olivetti, A Maheshwari, JL Noebels - Science translational medicine, 2014 - science.org
Infantile spasms are a catastrophic form of pediatric epilepsy with inadequate treatment. In
patients, mutation of ARX, a transcription factor selectively expressed in neuronal precursors …

Integrative analysis of transcriptome dynamics during human craniofacial development identifies candidate disease genes

TN Yankee, S Oh, EW Winchester, A Wilderman… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Craniofacial disorders arise in early pregnancy and are one of the most common congenital
defects. To fully understand how craniofacial disorders arise, it is essential to characterize …

Migration speed of Cajal-Retzius cells modulated by vesicular trafficking controls the size of higher-order cortical areas

M Barber, Y Arai, Y Morishita, L Vigier, F Causeret… - Current Biology, 2015 - cell.com
In the neocortex, higher-order areas are essential to integrate sensory-motor information
and have expanded in size during evolution. How higher-order areas are specified …

Molecular analyses of zebrafish V0v spinal interneurons and identification of transcriptional regulators downstream of Evx1 and Evx2 in these cells

SJ England, AK Rusnock, A Mujcic, A Kowalchuk… - Neural …, 2023 - Springer
Background V0v spinal interneurons are highly conserved, glutamatergic, commissural
neurons that function in locomotor circuits. We have previously shown that Evx1 and Evx2 …