Development of prefrontal cortex

SM Kolk, P Rakic - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022 - nature.com
During evolution, the cerebral cortex advances by increasing in surface and the introduction
of new cytoarchitectonic areas among which the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is considered to be …

Neuroimaging in schizophrenia: an overview of findings and their implications for synaptic changes

OD Howes, C Cummings, GE Chapman… - …, 2023 - nature.com
Over the last five decades, a large body of evidence has accrued for structural and metabolic
brain alterations in schizophrenia. Here we provide an overview of these findings, focusing …

Mitochondrial proteins encoded by the 22q11. 2 neurodevelopmental locus regulate neural stem and progenitor cell proliferation

PD Campbell, I Lee, S Thyme, M Granato - Molecular psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Microdeletion of a 3Mb region encompassing 45 protein-coding genes at chromosome
22q11. 2 (22q11. 2DS) predisposes individuals to multiple neurodevelopmental disorders …

Longitudinal trajectories of cortical development in 22q11. 2 copy number variants and typically develo** controls

M Jalbrzikowski, A Lin, A Vajdi, V Grigoryan… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Probing naturally-occurring, reciprocal genomic copy number variations (CNVs) may help us
understand mechanisms that underlie deviations from typical brain development. Cross …

Rare CNVs and phenome-wide profiling highlight brain structural divergence and phenotypical convergence

J Kopal, K Kumar, K Saltoun, C Modenato… - Nature human …, 2023 - nature.com
Copy number variations (CNVs) are rare genomic deletions and duplications that can affect
brain and behaviour. Previous reports of CNV pleiotropy imply that they converge on shared …

Rethinking the first episode of schizophrenia: identifying convergent mechanisms during development and moving toward prediction

JK Forsyth, CE Bearden - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2023 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
The neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia has long suggested that the cardinal
psychotic symptoms that have traditionally defined the disorder, and which most commonly …

Structural and functional brain alterations revealed by neuroimaging in CNV carriers

CA Moreau, CRK Ching, K Kumar… - Current opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Copy Number Variants (CNVs) are associated with elevated rates of neuropsychiatric
disorders. A 'genetics-first'approach, involving the CNV effects on the brain, irrespective of …

Contribution of schizophrenia polygenic burden to longitudinal phenotypic variance in 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome

M Alver, V Mancini, K Läll, M Schneider… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract While the recurrent 22q11. 2 deletion is one of the strongest genetic risk factors for
schizophrenia (SCZ), variability of its associated neuropsychiatric endophenotypes reflects …

Why does the face predict the brain? Neural crest induction, craniofacial morphogenesis, and neural circuit development

AS LaMantia - Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mesenchephalic and rhombencephalic neural crest cells generate the craniofacial skeleton,
special sensory organs, and subsets of cranial sensory receptor neurons. They do so while …

SNAREs and developmental disorders

BL Tang - Journal of cellular physiology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Members of the soluble N‐ethylmaleimide‐sensitive factor attachment protein receptor
(SNARE) family mediate membrane fusion processes associated with vesicular trafficking …