An extra-circadian function for human CLOCK in the neocortex
Yuxiang Liu, Miles R. Fontenot, Ashwinikumar Kulkarni, Nitin Khandelwal, Seon-Hye E. Park, Connor Douglas, Matthew J. Harper, Pin Xu, Nisha Gupta, Jay R. Gibson, Joseph S. Takahashi, Geneviève Konopka
This study shows that human CLOCK has extra-circadian functions in the neocortex, enhancing cognitive flexibility and neural connectivity through altered gene expression in excitatory neurons.
bioRxiv · Mar 13, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience