This is a useful study that seeks to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying spinal motor circuit assembly. The authors demonstrate that loss of Onecut transcription factors in spinal motor ...

In order for the brain to function correctly, neurons must connect with the correct partner neurons. This process is incredibly complex, and faults in this neurodevelopmental program underlie a ...

Cheng Lyu is a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University in the laboratory of Liqun Luo. His prize-winning research focuses on rewiring the fruit fly olfactory neural circuit to understand its ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The gene neuropilin2 encodes a receptor involved in cell-cell interactions in the brain and plays a key role in regulating the development of neural circuits. Neuropilin2 controls ...