[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in the human brain: a roadmap for more careful analysis and interpretation of a biological reality

AR DeCasien, E Guma, S Liu, A Raznahan - Biology of Sex Differences, 2022 - Springer
The presence, magnitude, and significance of sex differences in the human brain are hotly
debated topics in the scientific community and popular media. This debate is largely fueled …

[HTML][HTML] Building models of brain disorders with three-dimensional organoids

ND Amin, SP Paşca - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Disorders of the nervous system are challenging to study and treat due to the relative
inaccessibility of functional human brain tissue for research. Stem cell-derived 3D human …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell spatial transcriptome reveals cell-type organization in the macaque cortex

A Chen, Y Sun, Y Lei, C Li, S Liao, J Meng, Y Bai, Z Liu… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Elucidating the cellular organization of the cerebral cortex is critical for understanding brain
structure and function. Using large-scale single-nucleus RNA sequencing and spatial …

[HTML][HTML] Cloning of macaque monkeys by somatic cell nuclear transfer

Z Liu, Y Cai, Y Wang, Y Nie, C Zhang, Y Xu, X Zhang… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Generation of genetically uniform non-human primates may help to establish animal models
for primate biology and biomedical research. In this study, we have successfully cloned …

Spatiotemporal transcriptomic divergence across human and macaque brain development

Y Zhu, AMM Sousa, T Gao, M Skarica, M Li, G Santpere… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Improved understanding of how the developing human nervous system
differs from that of closely related nonhuman primates is fundamental for teasing out human …

Atypical behaviour and connectivity in SHANK3-mutant macaques

Y Zhou, J Sharma, Q Ke, R Landman, J Yuan, H Chen… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Mutation or disruption of the SH3 and ankyrin repeat domains 3 (SHANK3) gene represents
a highly penetrant, monogenic risk factor for autism spectrum disorder, and is a cause of …

[HTML][HTML] Homology-mediated end joining-based targeted integration using CRISPR/Cas9

X Yao, X Wang, X Hu, Z Liu, J Liu, H Zhou, X Shen… - Cell research, 2017 - nature.com
Targeted integration of transgenes can be achieved by strategies based on homologous
recombination (HR), microhomology-mediated end joining (MMEJ) or non-homologous end …

The central extended amygdala in fear and anxiety: Closing the gap between mechanistic and neuroimaging research

AS Fox, AJ Shackman - Neuroscience letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Anxiety disorders impose a staggering burden on public health, underscoring the need to
develop a deeper understanding of the distributed neural circuits underlying extreme fear …

[HTML][HTML] Functional gene delivery to and across brain vasculature of systemic AAVs with endothelial-specific tropism in rodents and broad tropism in primates

X Chen, DA Wolfe, DS Bindu, M Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Delivering genes to and across the brain vasculature efficiently and specifically across
species remains a critical challenge for addressing neurological diseases. We have evolved …

[HTML][HTML] One-step generation of complete gene knockout mice and monkeys by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing with multiple sgRNAs

E Zuo, YJ Cai, K Li, Y Wei, BA Wang, Y Sun, Z Liu, J Liu… - Cell research, 2017 - nature.com
The CRISPR/Cas9 system is an efficient gene-editing method, but the majority of gene-
edited animals showed mosaicism, with editing occurring only in a portion of cells. Here we …