[HTML][HTML] What is a cell type and how to define it?

H Zeng - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Cell types are the basic functional units of an organism. Cell types exhibit diverse
phenotypic properties at multiple levels, making them challenging to define, categorize, and …

Neurodevelopment of the association cortices: Patterns, mechanisms, and implications for psychopathology

VJ Sydnor, B Larsen, DS Bassett, A Alexander-Bloch… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
The human brain undergoes a prolonged period of cortical development that spans multiple
decades. During childhood and adolescence, cortical development progresses from lower …

Cell2location maps fine-grained cell types in spatial transcriptomics

V Kleshchevnikov, A Shmatko, E Dann… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Spatial transcriptomic technologies promise to resolve cellular wiring diagrams of tissues in
health and disease, but comprehensive mapping of cell types in situ remains a challenge …

Spatiotemporal transcriptomic atlas of mouse organogenesis using DNA nanoball-patterned arrays

A Chen, S Liao, M Cheng, K Ma, L Wu, Y Lai, X Qiu… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Spatially resolved transcriptomic technologies are promising tools to study complex
biological processes such as mammalian embryogenesis. However, the imbalance between …

[HTML][HTML] A taxonomy of transcriptomic cell types across the isocortex and hippocampal formation

Z Yao, CTJ Van Velthoven, TN Nguyen, J Goldy… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The isocortex and hippocampal formation (HPF) in the mammalian brain play critical roles in
perception, cognition, emotion, and learning. We profiled∼ 1.3 million cells covering the …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell delineation of lineage and genetic identity in the mouse brain

RC Bandler, I Vitali, RN Delgado, MC Ho… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
During neurogenesis, mitotic progenitor cells lining the ventricles of the embryonic mouse
brain undergo their final rounds of cell division, giving rise to a wide spectrum of postmitotic …

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 …

Excitation-inhibition balance as a framework for investigating mechanisms in neuropsychiatric disorders

VS Sohal, JLR Rubenstein - Molecular psychiatry, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract In 2003 Rubenstein and Merzenich hypothesized that some forms of Autism (ASD)
might be caused by a reduction in signal-to-noise in key neural circuits, which could be the …

[HTML][HTML] Human prefrontal cortex gene regulatory dynamics from gestation to adulthood at single-cell resolution

CA Herring, RK Simmons, S Freytag, D Poppe… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Human brain development is underpinned by cellular and molecular reconfigurations
continuing into the third decade of life. To reveal cell dynamics orchestrating neural …

An increase of inhibition drives the developmental decorrelation of neural activity

M Chini, T Pfeffer, I Hanganu-Opatz - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Throughout development, the brain transits from early highly synchronous activity patterns to
a mature state with sparse and decorrelated neural activity, yet the mechanisms underlying …