Human brain organogenesis: Toward a cellular understanding of development and disease

KW Kelley, SP Pașca - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The construction of the human nervous system is a distinctly complex although highly
regulated process. Human tissue inaccessibility has impeded a molecular understanding of …

Mechanisms of synaptic transmission dysregulation in the prefrontal cortex: pathophysiological implications

Z Yan, B Rein - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) serves as the chief executive officer of the brain, controlling the
highest level cognitive and emotional processes. Its local circuits among glutamatergic …

Rare coding variation provides insight into the genetic architecture and phenotypic context of autism

JM Fu, FK Satterstrom, M Peng, H Brand, RL Collins… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Some individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) carry functional mutations rarely
observed in the general population. We explored the genes disrupted by these variants from …

Evidence for 28 genetic disorders discovered by combining healthcare and research data

J Kaplanis, KE Samocha, L Wiel, Z Zhang, KJ Arvai… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
De novo mutations in protein-coding genes are a well-established cause of developmental
disorders. However, genes known to be associated with developmental disorders account …

Assembloid CRISPR screens reveal impact of disease genes in human neurodevelopment

X Meng, D Yao, K Imaizumi, X Chen, KW Kelley, N Reis… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The assembly of cortical circuits involves the generation and migration of interneurons from
the ventral to the dorsal forebrain,–, which has been challenging to study at inaccessible …

[HTML][HTML] A cross-disorder dosage sensitivity map of the human genome

RL Collins, JT Glessner, E Porcu, M Lepamets… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Rare copy-number variants (rCNVs) include deletions and duplications that occur
infrequently in the global human population and can confer substantial risk for disease. In …

Modelling the neurodevelopmental pathogenesis in neuropsychiatric disorders. Bioactive kynurenines and their analogues as neuroprotective agents—in celebration …

M Tanaka, E Spekker, Á Szabó, H Polyák… - Journal of Neural …, 2022 - Springer
Following introduction of the monoamine oxidase type B inhibitor selegiline for the treatment
of Parkinson's disease (PD), discovery of the action mechanism of Alzheimer's disease …

Recent ultra-rare inherited variants implicate new autism candidate risk genes

AB Wilfert, TN Turner, SC Murali, PH Hsieh… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Autism is a highly heritable complex disorder in which de novo mutation (DNM) variation
contributes significantly to risk. Using whole-genome sequencing data from 3,474 families …

Large-scale targeted sequencing identifies risk genes for neurodevelopmental disorders

T Wang, K Hoekzema, D Vecchio, H Wu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Most genes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) were identified with an
excess of de novo mutations (DNMs) but the significance in case–control mutation burden …

The role of GABAergic signalling in neurodevelopmental disorders

X Tang, R Jaenisch, M Sur - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
GABAergic inhibition shapes the connectivity, activity and plasticity of the brain. A series of
exciting new discoveries provides compelling evidence that disruptions in a number of key …