2021
Regulation of prefrontal patterning and connectivity by retinoic acid
Shibata M, Pattabiraman K, Lorente-Galdos B, Andrijevic D, Kim SK, Kaur N, Muchnik SK, Xing X, Santpere G, Sousa AMM, Sestan N. Regulation of prefrontal patterning and connectivity by retinoic acid. Nature 2021, 598: 483-488. PMID: 34599305, PMCID: PMC9018119, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03953-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrefrontal cortexRetinoic acidGranular layer 4Neocortex of humansRetinoic acid signalingCerebral cortexRetinoic acid receptorsMotor cortexMotor areaMediodorsal thalamusFetal developmentCortical expansionAcid receptorsGenetic deletionDendritic spinogenesisLayer 4Synthesizing enzymesCortexAcid signalingNeural developmentMiceCritical roleSignalingThalamusSpinogenesis
2020
Neural Stem Cells Direct Axon Guidance via Their Radial Fiber Scaffold
Kaur N, Han W, Li Z, Madrigal MP, Shim S, Pochareddy S, Gulden FO, Li M, Xu X, Xing X, Takeo Y, Li Z, Lu K, Imamura Kawasawa Y, Ballester-Lurbe B, Moreno-Bravo JA, Chédotal A, Terrado J, Pérez-Roger I, Koleske AJ, Sestan N. Neural Stem Cells Direct Axon Guidance via Their Radial Fiber Scaffold. Neuron 2020, 107: 1197-1211.e9. PMID: 32707082, PMCID: PMC7529949, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.06.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural stem cellsDendritic spine formationNeural circuit formationRadial glia-like neural stem cellsMedial ganglionic eminenceRadial fibersAxon guidanceStem cellsCorticospinal neuronsGlobus pallidusMacroglial cellsGanglionic eminenceCircuit formationVentricular zoneSpine formationRnd3/RhoENeuronsMidline crossingExpression of Rnd3Rho GTPaseCellsExpressionUnexpected roleAtypical Rho GTPaseRnd3