Material below is adapted from the SfN Short Course Clonally Related Interneurons Are Not Constrained by Functional or Anatomical Boundaries, by Christian Mayer, PhD, Rachel C. Bandler, MD, PhD, and Gordon Fishell, PhD. Short Courses are daylong scientific trainings on emerging neuroscience topics and research techniques held the day before SfN’s annual meeting.
Two types of cells, excitatory and inhibitory neurons, come from distinct lineages during the development of the cortex. Scientists know that the precursors to excitatory neurons divide and then stay associated with sister cells to form functional circuits. In contrast, inhibitory cells travel longer distances and contribute to multiple brain structures.
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