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ArticleeLife2019

A stochastic framework of neurogenesis underlies the assembly of neocortical cytoarchitecture.

Alfredo Llorca, Gabriele Ciceri, Robert Beattie, Fong Kuan Wong, Giovanni Diana, Eleni Serafeimidou-Pouliou, Marian Fernández-Otero, Carmen Streicher, Sebastian J Arnold, Martin Meyer and 3 more

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Article in eLife, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Alfredo LlorcaCentre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-5555-2839
Gabriele CiceriCentre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Robert BeattieInstitute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Fong Kuan WongCentre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Giovanni DianaCentre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7497-5271
Eleni Serafeimidou-PouliouCentre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Marian Fernández-OteroCentre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Carmen StreicherInstitute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Sebastian J ArnoldInstitute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Martin MeyerCentre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Simon HippenmeyerInstitute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-2279-1061
Miguel MaravallSussex Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8869-7206
Oscar MarinCentre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6264-7027

Funding

Austrian Science Fund Lise-Meitner program M 2416Austrian Science Fund FWF M 2416H2020 European Research Council ERC-2016-CoG 725780H2020 European Research Council ERC-2017-AdG 787355Medical Research Council MR/N026063/1Medical Research Council MR/P006639/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cerebral cortex contains multiple areas with distinctive cytoarchitectonic patterns, but the cellular mechanisms underlying the emergence of this diversity remain unclear. Here, we have investigated the neuronal output of individual progenitor cells in the developing mouse neocortex using a combination of methods that together circumvent the biases and limitations of individual approaches. Our experimental results indicate that progenitor cells generate pyramidal cell lineages with a wide range of sizes and laminar configurations. Mathematical modeling indicates that these outcomes are compatible with a stochastic model of cortical neurogenesis in which progenitor cells undergo a series of probabilistic decisions that lead to the specification of very heterogeneous progenies. Our findings support a mechanism for cortical neurogenesis whose flexibility would make it capable to generate the diverse cytoarchitectures that characterize distinct neocortical areas.

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Cell DifferentiationNeurogenesisAnimalsMiceModels, TheoreticalNeocortexPyramidal CellsStem Cellscell lineagescerebral cortexdevelopmental biologyfatemodellingmouseneurosciencepyramidal cell

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PMID31736464
PMCPMC6968929

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