Layer 2/3 of the cerebral cortex have specifically expanded in humans due to changes in their proliferation rates in the progenitors. Their dendritic arborization determines the information processing and behavioural outputs in the brain.
Publications
PRDM16 co-operates with LHX2 to shape the human brain
Varun Suresh, B. Bhattacharya, Rami Yair Tshuva, Miri Danan Gotthold, T. Olender, Mahima Bose, S. Pradhan, B. Ben Zeev, R. S. Smith, S. Tole, S. Galande, Corey C. Harwell, José-Manuel Baizabal, O. Reiner
bioRxiv, 2023
Varun Suresh, Bhavana Muralidharan, S. Pradhan, Mahima Bose, Leora D’Souza, Arpan Parichha, P. C. Reddy, S. Galande, S. Tole
PLoS Genetics, 2023