A New Chapter in the Life of Cajal's Short-Axon Neurons: Separation of Interneuron Siblings after Birth.
Interneurons are critical components of the neocortical circuitry but the mechanisms that regulate their distribution in the neocortex are unclear. In this issue of Neuron, Harwell et al. (2015) and Mayer et al. (2015) use barcoded retroviruses to demonstrate widespread clonal dispersion of interneuron siblings in the brain.
Dorris Neuroscience Center, Department of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: cgilsanz@scripps.edu.
Cristina
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Gil-Sanz
Dorris Neuroscience Center, Department of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: umueller@scripps.edu.
Ulrich
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Müller
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