An atlas of the protein-coding genes in the human, pig, and mouse brain

E Sjöstedt, W Zhong, L Fagerberg, M Karlsson… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The brain is the most complex organ of the mammalian body, boasting a
diverse physiology combined with intricate cellular organization. In an effort to expand our …

Molecular signatures underlying neurofibrillary tangle susceptibility in Alzheimer's disease

M Otero-Garcia, SU Mahajani, D Wakhloo, W Tang… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Tau aggregation in neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) is closely associated with
neurodegeneration and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the …

A connectomic study of a petascale fragment of human cerebral cortex

A Shapson-Coe, M Januszewski, DR Berger, A Pope… - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
We acquired a rapidly preserved human surgical sample from the temporal lobe of the
cerebral cortex. We stained a 1 mm3 volume with heavy metals, embedded it in resin, cut …

[HTML][HTML] A connectome of the Drosophila central complex reveals network motifs suitable for flexible navigation and context-dependent action selection

BK Hulse, H Haberkern, R Franconville… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Flexible behaviors over long timescales are thought to engage recurrent neural networks in
deep brain regions, which are experimentally challenging to study. In insects, recurrent …

Cell stress in cortical organoids impairs molecular subtype specification

A Bhaduri, MG Andrews, W Mancia Leon, D Jung… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Cortical organoids are self-organizing three-dimensional cultures that model features of the
developing human cerebral cortex,. However, the fidelity of organoid models remains …

Single-cell DNA methylation and 3D genome architecture in the human brain

W Tian, J Zhou, A Bartlett, Q Zeng, H Liu, RG Castanon… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Delineating the gene-regulatory programs underlying complex cell types is fundamental for
understanding brain function in health and disease. Here, we comprehensively examined …

Identification of early neurodegenerative pathways in progressive multiple sclerosis

M Kaufmann, AL Schaupp, R Sun, F Coscia… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by unrelenting neurodegeneration,
which causes cumulative disability and is refractory to current treatments. Drug development …

Brain organoids for the study of human neurobiology at the interface of in vitro and in vivo

I Chiaradia, MA Lancaster - Nature Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Brain development is an extraordinarily complex process achieved through the spatially and
temporally regulated release of key patterning factors. In vitro neurodevelopmental models …

Innovations present in the primate interneuron repertoire

FM Krienen, M Goldman, Q Zhang, R CH del Rosario… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Primates and rodents, which descended from a common ancestor around 90 million years
ago, exhibit profound differences in behaviour and cognitive capacity; the cellular basis for …

Tunable hydrogel viscoelasticity modulates human neural maturation

JG Roth, MS Huang, RS Navarro, JT Akram… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) have emerged as a promising in vitro model
system for studying neurodevelopment. However, current models remain limited in their …