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ArticleScientific reports2025

Developmental overproduction of cortical superficial neurons impairs adult auditory cortical processing.

Mirna Merkler, Nancy Y Ip, Shuzo Sakata

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Mirna MerklerStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow, G4 0RE, UK.
Nancy Y IpDivision of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Neuroscience Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Shuzo SakataStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow, G4 0RE, UK. shuzo.sakata@strath.ac.uk.

Funding

Area of Excellence Scheme of the University Grants Committee AoE/M-604/16Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M009050X/1Horizon2020-ICT DEEPER, 101016787Medical Research Council MR/V033964/1
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Abstract

While evolutionary cortical expansion is thought to underlie the evolution of human cognitive capabilities, excessive developmental expansion can lead to megalencephaly, often found in neurodevelopmental disorders. Still, little is known about how the overproduction of cortical neurons during development affects cortical processing and behavior in later life. Here we show that developmental overproduction of cortical superficial neurons impairs auditory processing in adult mice. We applied XAV939 to overproduce cortical superficial excitatory neurons during development. XAV939-treated adult mice exhibited auditory behavioral deficits and abnormal auditory cortical processing. Furthermore, we found fewer functional monosynaptic connections between cortical putative excitatory neurons. Altogether, our results suggest that abnormal auditory cortical processing contributes to the atypical auditory detectability in XAV939-treated mice. Although the expansion of cortical size is evolutionarily advantageous, an abnormal expansion during development can result in detrimental effects on cortical processing and perceptual behavior in adulthood.

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Auditory CortexAuditory PerceptionNeuronsAnimalsMaleMiceAuditory cortexAutism spectrum disorderCortical layersNeurodevelopmental disordersNeuropixelsPerceptual decision

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PMID40200030
PMCPMC11978756

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