Ilaria Morassut

This study compares prenatal cortical development in two rodents, showing that major developmental milestones occur prenatally in Acomys, challenging the view that postnatal experience is essential for early brain maturation.

The paper investigates how environmental factors influence neocortical neuron fate and diversity through in vivo and in vitro experiments, showing population-specific responses and the importance of extracellular context.

The paper identifies developmental molecular programs that control the emergence and area-specific distribution of two subtypes of cortical motor projection neurons.

This study uses cerebral organoids to show that TSC2 mutations cause over-proliferation of caudal late interneuron progenitors, leading to Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.