Neuro Topics - Interneurons
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February 6, 2024
Yu-Tzu Shih, Jason Alipio, and Amar Sahay share new research on the autism linked gene Dyrk1a. They find that developmental differences in neural circuitry and social cognition observed in mutant mice with only one copy of the Dyrk1a gene can be rescued by targeting inhibitory neuron plasticity in adulthood.
Original article in: Neuron >
September 29, 2021
HMS News article on new research from the labs of Gord Fishell and colleagues, first author Kathryn Allaway, revealing how two key cell types in the brain’s cortex arise from a single progenitor in mice, as well as shedding light on genetic and molecular factors that allow these two populations to develop different identities.
Original article in: Nature >
October 21, 2020
HMS News article on how new research into a newly discovered primate brain cell type could improve studies on neuropsychiatric disease. From the labs of Stephen McCarroll, Guoping Feng, Gordon Fishell, Sabina Berretta, Leslie Kean, Chris Walsh and several others, first author Fenna Krienen.
Original article in: Nature >