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Yajun Zhang

National Institutes of Health

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:scRNA-seq· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Reduction of forebrain interneurons alters cellular organization and cortical neurogenesis in a mouse model of X-linked intellectual disability

Jianing Li, Vedant Garg, Ane Martiartu, Anthony F. Tanzillo, Yajun Zhang, Timothy J. Petros

This study investigates the effects of Arx removal in MGE-derived interneurons in mice, revealing altered cellular organization and cortical neurogenesis in both male and female models of X-linked intellectual disability.

bioRxiv · Sep 10, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Transcriptional heterogeneity of ventricular zone cells throughout the embryonic mouse forebrain

Dongjin R. Lee, Christopher T. Rhodes, Apratim Mitra, Yajun Zhang, Dragan Maric, Ryan K. Dale, Timothy J. Petros

This study uses single-cell RNA sequencing to reveal transcriptional heterogeneity in ventricular zone cells of the embryonic mouse forebrain, showing spatial and temporal gene expression differences.

eLife · Feb 17, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience