Human Cerebellar Development and Transcriptomics: Implications for Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Autor: Parthiv, Haldipur, Kathleen J, Millen, Kimberly A, Aldinger
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Annual Review of Neuroscience. 45:515-531
ISSN: 1545-4126
0147-006X
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-111020-091953
Popis: Developmental abnormalities of the cerebellum are among the most recognized structural brain malformations in human prenatal imaging. Yet reliable information regarding their cause in humans is sparse, and few outcome studies are available to inform prognosis. We know very little about human cerebellar development, in stark contrast to the wealth of knowledge from decades of research on cerebellar developmental biology of model organisms, especially mice. Recent studies show that multiple aspects of human cerebellar development significantly differ from mice and even rhesus macaques, a nonhuman primate. These discoveries challenge many current mouse-centric models of normal human cerebellar development and models regarding the pathogenesis of several neurodevelopmental phenotypes affecting the cerebellum, including Dandy-Walker malformation and medulloblastoma. Since we cannot model what we do not know, additional normative and pathological human developmental data are essential, and new models are needed.
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