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Transcription factor codes patterning neuronal groundplans of the cerebrum.

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Authors: Najia A Elkahlah1, Yunzhi Lin2, Yijie Pan2, Joseph A Carter2, Troy R Shirangi3, E Josephine Clowney2,4
ORCID iDs: Najia A Elkahlah, E Josephine Clowney
  1. Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI USA
  2. Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA
  3. Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, PA USA
  4. Michigan Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA
Institutions: University of Michigan (United States); Villanova University (United States)
Journal: Nature, volume 655, issue 8125, pages 1252-1261
Dates: received 18 June 2025; accepted 10 April 2026; published online 27 May 2026; in print 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.1038/s41586-026-10526-3 · PMID 42203871 · PMCID PMC13421315 · OpenAlex W7162492626
Open access: hybrid, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: data only
Categories: drosophila (organism), cellular / molecular (subfield)
Methods: Preprocessing, Statistics, Smoothing, state filtering, decompositions, Evoked potentials, Connectivity
Keywords: Neural patterning, Neural circuits, Sexual dimorphism
MeSH: Cerebrum*, Drosophila melanogaster*, Neurons*, Transcription Factors*, Animals, Cell Lineage, Drosophila Proteins, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Male, Receptors, Notch, Sexual Behavior, Animal (* major topic)
Topic: Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neuroscience), according to OpenAlex
Funding: NIGMS NIH HHS (T32 GM145470, T32 GM007315); NINDS NIH HHS (F99 NS139459); NIDCD NIH HHS (R01 DC018032); NCI NIH HHS (P30 CA046592)
Citations: cited by 5 papers (Europe PMC); 122 references in the paper

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Elkahlah, N. A., Lin, Y., Pan, Y., Carter, J. A., Shirangi, T. R., & Clowney, E. J. (2026). Transcription factor codes patterning neuronal groundplans of the cerebrum. Nature, 655(8125), 1252-1261. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10526-3

BibTeX

@article{elkahlah2026transcription,
author = {Elkahlah, Najia A and Lin, Yunzhi and Pan, Yijie and Carter, Joseph A and Shirangi, Troy R and Clowney, E Josephine},
title = {{Transcription factor codes patterning neuronal groundplans of the cerebrum}},
journal = {Nature},
year = {2026},
month = may,
volume = {655},
number = {8125},
pages = {1252--1261},
publisher = {Nature Portfolio},
issn = {0028-0836},
doi = {10.1038/s41586-026-10526-3},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10526-3},
pmid = {42203871},
pmcid = {PMC13421315}
}

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AU - Lin, Yunzhi
AU - Pan, Yijie
AU - Carter, Joseph A
AU - Shirangi, Troy R
AU - Clowney, E Josephine
TI - Transcription factor codes patterning neuronal groundplans of the cerebrum
T2 - Nature
J2 - Nature
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/05/27
VL - 655
IS - 8125
SP - 1252
EP - 1261
SN - 0028-0836
PB - Nature Portfolio
DO - 10.1038/s41586-026-10526-3
UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10526-3
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