Neural histology and neurogenesis of the human fetal and infant brain

I Kostović, G Sedmak, M Judaš - Neuroimage, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The human brain develops slowly and over a long period of time which lasts for almost three
decades. This enables good spatio-temporal resolution of histogenetic and neurogenetic …

Tau protein hyperphosphorylation and aggregation in Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies, and possible neuroprotective strategies

G Šimić, M Babić Leko, S Wray, C Harrington, I Delalle… - Biomolecules, 2016‏ - mdpi.com
Abnormal deposition of misprocessed and aggregated proteins is a common final pathway
of most neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). AD is …

Extraordinary neoteny of synaptic spines in the human prefrontal cortex

Z Petanjek, M Judaš, G Šimić, MR Rašin… - Proceedings of the …, 2011‏ - pnas.org
The major mechanism for generating diversity of neuronal connections beyond their genetic
determination is the activity-dependent stabilization and selective elimination of the initially …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing white matter microstructure of the newborn with multi-shell diffusion MRI and biophysical compartment models

N Kunz, H Zhang, L Vasung, KR O'Brien, Y Assaf… - Neuroimage, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Brain white matter connections have become a focus of major interest with important
maturational processes occurring in newborns. To study the complex microstructural …

A detailed spatiotemporal atlas of the white matter tracts for the fetal brain

C Calixto, M Dorigatti Soldatelli, C Jaimes… - Proceedings of the …, 2025‏ - pnas.org
This study presents the construction of a comprehensive spatiotemporal atlas of white matter
tracts in the fetal brain for every gestational week between 23 and 36 wk using diffusion MRI …

Perinatal and early postnatal reorganization of the subplate and related cellular compartments in the human cerebral wall as revealed by histological and MRI …

I Kostović, N Jovanov-Milošević, M Radoš… - Brain Structure and …, 2014‏ - Springer
We analyzed the developmental history of the subplate and related cellular compartments of
the prenatal and early postnatal human cerebrum by combining postmortem histological …

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of transient fetal compartments during prenatal human brain development

L Vasung, C Lepage, M Radoš, M Pletikos… - Frontiers in …, 2016‏ - frontiersin.org
The cerebral wall of the human fetal brain is composed of transient cellular compartments,
which show characteristic spatiotemporal relationships with intensity of major neurogenic …

Secondary expansion of the transient subplate zone in the develo** cerebrum of human and nonhuman primates

A Duque, Z Krsnik, I Kostović, P Rakic - Proceedings of the National …, 2016‏ - pnas.org
The subplate (SP) was the last cellular compartment added to the Boulder Committee's list of
transient embryonic zones [Bystron I, Blakemore C, Rakic P (2008) Nature Rev Neurosci 9 …

Developmental expression patterns of KCC2 and functionally associated molecules in the human brain

G Sedmak, N Jovanov-Milošević, M Puskarjov… - Cerebral …, 2016‏ - academic.oup.com
Work on rodents demonstrated that steep upregulation of KCC2, a neuron-specific Cl−
extruder of cation-chloride cotransporter (CCC) family, commences in supraspinal structures …

Translational derepression of Elavl4 isoforms at their alternative 5′ UTRs determines neuronal development

T Popovitchenko, Y Park, NF Page, X Luo… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Neurodevelopment requires precise regulation of gene expression, including post-
transcriptional regulatory events such as alternative splicing and mRNA translation …