Stem Cells Expand Insights into Human Brain Evolution.
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.stem.2016.03.017.
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Abstract
Substantial expansion in the number of cerebral cortex neurons is thought to underlie cognitive differences between humans and other primates, although the mechanisms underlying this expansion are unclear. Otani et al. (2016) utilize PSC-derived brain organoids to study how species-specific differences in cortical progenitor proliferation may underlie cortical evolution.
Medical subject headings
- Neurons
- Stem Cells