Maria Antonietta Tosches

This study shows that newts exhibit behavioral and cellular plasticity when transitioning between aquatic and terrestrial environments, revealing how nervous system changes support adaptation.

This paper introduces a new optical framework and imaging devices that enable scalable, high-resolution, multi-immersion light-sheet microscopy for biological samples.

The paper shows that glial cell states influence neuron regeneration in newts, with quiescent glial cells biasing the types of neurons regenerated across life stages.

This study investigates the evolutionary origins of Cajal-Retzius cells across vertebrates, finding they are conserved but gained specific transcriptomic features in amniotes.

The paper shows that cortical layering in tetrapods follows conserved developmental principles, with mammals displaying an inverted layer order.

This study identifies molecular signatures of ancestral cell types in mammalian olfactory cortex neurons by comparing transcriptomes across species and cortical layers.

This paper identifies AAV serotypes effective for transducing amphibian CNS cells and develops tools for neural circuit tracing and manipulation in multiple amphibian species.

This study identifies cell type innovations in salamander forebrain evolution, showing similarities to both sauropsid DVR and mammalian neocortex.

The paper identifies ten distinct glutamatergic neuron types in the salamander amygdala using single-cell RNA sequencing and in situ hybridization.

The paper introduces an imaging-free spatial transcriptomics technique called STRP-seq, validated on murine and lizard brains, revealing regional molecular anatomy.

The paper maps the developmental cell lineage of the annelid brain from zygote to mid-trochophore stage and identifies a subdivision of the larval brain into proliferative and differentiating regions.