Marian Fernández-Otero

Human Choroid Plexus Organoids Progress to Postnatal-like Maturation and Reveal a Closing Window of Developmental Plasticity

This study uses single-cell RNA sequencing to track the maturation of human choroid plexus organoids and identifies a stage-dependent window of developmental plasticity.

Attentional modulation is orthogonal to disinhibition by VIP interneurons in primary visual cortex

The paper investigates how attentional modulation and VIP interneuron disinhibition interact in primary visual cortex using all-optical methods in mice.

Bottom-up inputs are required for the establishment of top-down connectivity onto cortical layer 1 neurogliaform cells

The paper shows that bottom-up thalamic inputs are essential for establishing top-down connectivity to layer 1 neurogliaform cells in the visual cortex during early development.

Innovations in Primate Interneuron Repertoire

The paper profiles interneurons in primates and rodents to identify evolutionary innovations in brain cell types and their molecular features.

Heterogeneous progenitor cell behaviors underlie the assembly of neocortical cytoarchitecture

The paper quantifies progenitor cell outputs in the developing mouse neocortex, showing stochastic lineage generation of pyramidal cells leading to diverse laminar configurations.