[HTML][HTML] The functional characterization of callosal connections

GM Innocenti, K Schmidt, C Milleret, M Fabri… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The brain operates through the synaptic interaction of distant neurons within flexible, often
heterogeneous, distributed systems. Histological studies have detailed the connections …

Shaping the cerebral cortex by cellular crosstalk

J Stoufflet, S Tielens, L Nguyen - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The cerebral cortex is the brain's outermost layer. It is responsible for processing motor and
sensory information that support high-level cognitive abilities and shape personality. Its …

Callosal inputs generate side-invariant receptive fields in the barrel cortex

R Montanari, J Alegre-Cortés, A Alonso-Andrés… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Barrel cortex integrates contra-and ipsilateral whiskers' inputs. While contralateral inputs
depend on the thalamocortical innervation, ipsilateral ones are thought to rely on callosal …

Human-derived monoclonal autoantibodies as interrogators of cellular proteotypes in the brain

ML Baum, CM Bartley - Trends in Neurosciences, 2024 - cell.com
A major aim of neuroscience is to identify and model the functional properties of neural cells
whose dysfunction underlie neuropsychiatric illness. In this article, we propose that human …

The effects of the NMDAR co-agonist d-serine on the structure and function of optic tectal neurons in the developing visual system

Z Chorghay, VJ Li, A Schohl, A Ghosh, ES Ruthazer - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The N-methyl-d-aspartate type glutamate receptor (NMDAR) is a molecular coincidence
detector which converts correlated patterns of neuronal activity into cues for the structural …

Molecular mechanisms of corpus callosum development: a four-step journey

M Gavrish, A Kustova, JC Celis Suescún… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The Corpus Callosum (CC) is a bundle of axons connecting the cerebral hemispheres. It is
the most recent structure to have appeared during evolution of placental mammals. Its …

Postnatal development of centrifugal inputs to the olfactory bulb

JK Kostka, SH Bitzenhofer - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Processing in primary sensory areas is influenced by centrifugal inputs from higher brain
areas, providing information about behavioral state, attention, or context. Activity in the …

Very Long-Term Functional Outcomes and Dependency in Children With Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis

LW Chen, G Olivé-Cirera, EG Fonseca… - Neurology …, 2024 - AAN Enterprises
Objectives To assess the daily function of children with anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor
encephalitis (NMDARe) after a minimal follow-up of 5 years. Methods Patients 18 years and …

Bilateral integration in somatosensory cortex is controlled by behavioral relevance

H Park, HVS Keri, C Yoo, C Bi, SR Pluta - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Sensory perception naturally requires processing stimuli from both sides of the body. Yet,
how neurons bind stimulus features across the hemispheres to create a unified perceptual …

Dual impact of PTEN mutation on CSF dynamics and cortical networks via the dysregulation of neural precursors and their interneuron descendants

T DeSpenza Jr, E Kiziltug, G Allington, DG Barson… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Expansion of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-filled cerebral ventricles (ventriculomegaly) is the
quintessential feature of congenital hydrocephalus (CH) but also seen in autism spectrum …