A paper was recently published in Neuron about the collaborative work of four PIs (Andre Sousa, Xinyu Zhao, Qiang Chang and Daifeng Wang) to map, for the first time, the genetic and regulatory networks that guide the early maturation of neurons in the primate prefrontal cortex (PFC) – a brain region essential for cognition, decision-making, and social behavior. This pioneering work offers new insights into how the brain’s communication cells develop and how disruptions in this process may contribute to neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism.
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