Developmental time course of social touch, parvalbumin interneurons, perineuronal nets and Mef2c expression reveals a sensitive period of somatosensory cortex development in prairie voles
Noah Milman, Nathan Michael McGuire, Jasmine Loeung, Lézio Soares Bueno-Júnior, Carolyn E. Tinsley, Hannah Bronstein, Felice D. Kelly, Peyton T. Wickham, Anjesh Ghimire, Zachary V. Johnson, Harry Pantazopoulos, Brendon O. Watson, Barbara A. Sorg, MM Lim
This study maps the developmental timeline of parvalbumin interneurons and related markers in prairie voles, identifying a sensitive period for somatosensory cortex maturation linked to social touch.
Cerebral Cortex · Oct 30, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience