More than a hundred genes have been identified that, when disrupted, impart large risk for
autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Current knowledge about the encoded proteins—although …

The construction of the human nervous system is a distinctly complex although highly
regulated process. Human tissue inaccessibility has impeded a molecular understanding of …

Self-organizing neural organoids represent a promising in vitro platform with which to model
human development and disease,,,–. However, organoids lack the connectivity that exists in …

During mammalian development, differences in chromatin state coincide with cellular
differentiation and reflect changes in the gene regulatory landscape. In the developing brain …

The enteric nervous system (ENS) coordinates diverse functions in the intestine but has
eluded comprehensive molecular characterization because of the rarity and diversity of …

Human stem-cell-derived models provide the promise of accelerating our understanding of
brain disorders, but not knowing whether they possess the ability to mature beyond mid-to …

Gene expression fundamentally shapes the structural and functional architecture of the
human brain. Open-access transcriptomic datasets like the Allen Human Brain Atlas provide …

Genetic perturbations of cortical development can lead to neurodevelopmental disease,
including autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To identify genomic regions crucial to …

Genome-wide association studies of neurological diseases have identified thousands of
variants associated with disease phenotypes. However, most of these variants do not alter …

The early window of human embryogenesis is largely a black box for developmental
biologists. Here we probed the cellular diversity of 4–6 week human embryos when …