Ria Arora

Transcriptional and genetic sex differences for schizophrenia across the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and caudate nucleus

The paper identifies sex differences in schizophrenia across three brain regions using RNA-seq and genotypes, finding sex-specific genes, eQTLs, and transcriptional features.

Variation in TAF1 expression in female carrier induced pluripotent stem cells and human brain ontogeny has implications for adult neostriatum vulnerability in X-linked Dystonia Parkinsonism

This study characterizes TAF1 expression variation in XDP female carriers and human brain ontogeny, identifying age- and region-specific patterns that may explain neostriatum vulnerability in XDP.

Ventral forebrain organoids derived from individuals with schizophrenia recapitulate perturbed striatal gene expression dynamics of the donor's brains

The paper uses ventral forebrain organoids from schizophrenia patients and controls to show accelerated maturation of inhibitory neurons and shared gene expression patterns with postmortem brain tissue.