MicroRNAs are required within a critical time window to define neural patterning during early human brain development
Lisa Emmenegger, C Cerda, Matilde Ercolano, Jaden Loebert, Nicolás Morando, Poojashree Bhaskar, Ivano Legnini, Agnieszka Rybak‐Wolf, Nikolaus Rajewsky
The paper shows miRNAs are essential during a specific time window for proper neural patterning in human brain development, with disruption causing defects in forebrain identity.
bioRxiv · Apr 1, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology