ERC Starting Grant · 2021
Investigating the Molecular identity of PAcemaker neurons in CorTical development
Spontaneous activity is a prominent feature of the immature brain. Even before birth and in absence of stimuli, neurons organize in networks and spontaneously generate correlated activity. While spontaneous dynamics in the cerebral cortex have long been overlooked and considered just as epiphenomena, recent clinical data on preterm infants and preclinical studies have spurred a renewed interest for this early electrical activity. However, appreciation of the role of spontaneous activity during the perinatal stages remains elusive. Indeed, it is still unknown how spontaneous patterns arise, and whether, among the large variety of neuronal classes generated in the cerebral cortex, distinct…
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