Michael Oberdorfer Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Nature Neuroscience reports the discovery of a new class of neurons, “rosehip neurons” in the outermost layer of the human cortex. These small, bushy, GABAergic cells play an inhibitory role in the cortex, and appear to be unique to humans, not matching any cell type in the mouse cortex. The work was done by researchers at the University of Szeged (Szeged, Hungary), the Allen Institute in Seattle, WA and the J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA. Science News provides a summary of the this work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaadeja Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 This is quite interesting and does raise questions about investigating therapeutic interventions in animal models and then extrapolating them to humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizbicki Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Inhibition is my jam! It’s so amazing that we are discovering more unique neurons to humans. Looking forward to the implications on health this discovery will have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranjita Poudel Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 The figures look pretty amazing. Does anyone know what tool they used to draw that??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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