Molecular genetics identifies a novel microglial pathway essential for mouse brain development and a previously unknown anti-inflammatory activity of monomeric amyloid β that activates this pathway.

Dynamic local microenvironments in Drosophila facilitate axonal projection direction transitions in the absence of clear landmarks.

A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas reveals the molecular signatures and trajectory dynamics of the neurogenic lineage in the human hippocampus during neonatal development, adulthood, aging, and after injury.

The extracellular matrix formed during embryonic brain development facilitates the migration of cortical neurons.

A useful single-cell resource provides the prenatal macaque different cell types’ gene expression profiles in the parietal cerebral cortex lobe.

Two intrinsic factors converge to govern the differentiation and integration of distinct characteristics of the hippocampus in mice.

LIM-homeodomain transcription factor Lmx1a co-regulates multiple developmental processes in the cortical hem, a major signaling center necessary for hippocampus formation in the mammalian brain.

A combination of single-cell RNA sequencing of the developing septum and genetic fate mapping is used to analyze the origin of septal neurons.

An astrocytic scaffold that depends on SOX9 guides embryonic neuronal progenitors toward the developing dentate gyrus.