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Best-laid schemes for interneuron origin of mice and men

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Two studies emphasize similarities in the developmental origin of cortical interneurons across mammals. They suggest that most interneurons in humans and macaques have a subcortical origin.

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Figure 1: The subcortical progenitor domains of the human fetal brain at gestation week 15.

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Molnár, Z., Butt, S. Best-laid schemes for interneuron origin of mice and men. Nat Neurosci 16, 1512–1514 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3557

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