Developmental mechanisms underlying the evolution of human cortical circuits

P Vanderhaeghen, F Polleux - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2023 - nature.com
The brain of modern humans has evolved remarkable computational abilities that enable
higher cognitive functions. These capacities are tightly linked to an increase in the size and …

The roles of microRNAs in mouse development

B DeVeale, J Swindlehurst-Chan… - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Hundreds of microRNAs (miRNAs) are expressed in distinct spatial and temporal patterns
during embryonic and postnatal mouse development. The loss of all miRNAs through the …

Temporal patterning of apical progenitors and their daughter neurons in the developing neocortex

L Telley, G Agirman, J Prados, N Amberg, S Fièvre… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The cerebral cortex is a cellularly heterogeneous structure whose
neuronal circuits underlie high-order cognitive and sensorimotor information processing …

RNAInter in 2020: RNA interactome repository with increased coverage and annotation

Y Lin, T Liu, T Cui, Z Wang, Y Zhang, P Tan… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Research on RNA-associated interactions has exploded in recent years, and increasing
numbers of studies are not limited to RNA–RNA and RNA–protein interactions but also …

Layer 4 of mouse neocortex differs in cell types and circuit organization between sensory areas

F Scala, D Kobak, S Shan, Y Bernaerts… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Layer 4 (L4) of mammalian neocortex plays a crucial role in cortical information
processing, yet a complete census of its cell types and connectivity remains elusive. Using …

Cellular and molecular mechanisms linking human cortical development and evolution

B Libé-Philippot, P Vanderhaeghen - Annual review of genetics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The cerebral cortex is at the core of brain functions that are thought to be particularly
developed in the human species. Human cortex specificities stem from divergent features of …

MicroRNAs as regulators of brain function and targets for treatment of epilepsy

GP Brennan, DC Henshall - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2020 - nature.com
Seizures result from hypersynchronous, abnormal firing of neuronal populations and are the
primary clinical symptom of the epilepsies. Brain tissue from animal models and patients …

Editorial focus: understanding off-target effects as the key to successful RNAi therapy

R Bartoszewski, AF Sikorski - Cellular & molecular biology letters, 2019 - Springer
With the first RNA interference (RNAi) drug (ONPATTRO (patisiran)) on the market, we
witness the RNAi therapy field reaching a critical turning point, when further improvements in …

Human cerebral organoids—a new tool for clinical neurology research

OL Eichmüller, JA Knoblich - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2022 - nature.com
The current understanding of neurological diseases is derived mostly from direct analysis of
patients and from animal models of disease. However, most patient studies do not capture …

Increased miR‐34c mediates synaptic deficits by targeting synaptotagmin 1 through ROS‐JNK‐p53 pathway in Alzheimer's disease

Z Shi, K Zhang, H Zhou, L Jiang, B Xie, R Wang… - Aging cell, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cancer have inverse relationship in many aspects. Some
tumor suppressors, including miR‐34c, are decreased in cancer but increased in AD. The …