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Parallel functional interrogations of autism risk genes reveal drivers of transcriptomic convergence and the female protective effect.
Andersen RE*, Talukdar M*, Sakamoto T, Exposito-Alonso D, Song JHT, Qian X, Lee S, Murugan N, Delgado RN, Zhao S, Eichfeld G, Harms J, Page DC, Walsh CA.
bioRxiv (2025), doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.20.634000.

Spatial transcriptomics reveals human cortical layer and area specification.
Qian X*, Coleman K*, Jiang S*, Kriz AJ, Marciano JH, Luo C, Cai C, Manam MD, Caglayan E, Exposito-Alonso D, Otani A, Ghosh U, Shao DD, Andersen RE, Neil JE, Johnson R, LeFevre A, Hecht JL, Micali N, Sestan N, Rakic P, Miller MB, Sun L, Stringer C, Li M, Walsh CA.
Nature (2025), PMID: 40369074.

Shaping the brain: The emergence of cortical structure and folding.
Akula SK*, Exposito-Alonso D*, Walsh CA.
Developmental Cell (2023), 58 (24): 2836-2849.

Comparative transcriptomics reveals human-specific cortical features.
Jorstad NL*, Song JHT*, Exposito-Alonso D*, Suresh H, Castro-Pacheco N, Krienen FM, Yanny AM, Close J, Gelfand E, Long B, Seeman SC, Travaglini KJ, Basu S, Beaudin M, Bertagnolli D, Crow M, Ding SL, Eggermont J, Glandon A, Goldy J, Kiick K, Kroes T, McMillen D, Pham T, Rimorin C, Siletti K, Somasundaram S, Tieu M, Torkelson A, Feng G, Hopkins WD, Höllt T, Keene CD, Linnarsson S, McCarroll SA, Lelieveldt BP, Sherwood CC, Smith K, Walsh CA, Dobin A, Gillis J, Lein ES, Hodge RD, Bakken TE.
Science (2023), 382: eade9516.

TMEM161B regulates cerebral cortical gyration, Sonic Hedgehog signaling, and ciliary structure in the developing central nervous system.
Akula SK, Marciano JH, Lim Y, Exposito-Alonso D, Hylton NK, Hwang GH, Neil JE, Dominado N, Bunton-Stasyshyn RK, Song JHT, Talukdar M, Schmid A, Teboul L, Mo A, Shin T, Finander B, Beck SG, Yeh RC, Otani A, Qian X, DeGennaro EM, Alkuraya FS, Maddirevula S, Cascino GD, Giannini C, Undiagnosed Diseases Network, Burrage LC, Rosenfield JA, Ketkar S, Clark GD, Bacino C, Lewis RA, Segal RA, Fernando Bazan J, Smith KA, Golden JA, Cho G, Walsh CA.
PNAS (2023), 120 (4): e2209964120.

Mechanisms underlying circuit dysfunction in neurodevelopmental disorders.
Exposito-Alonso D, Rico B.
Annual Review of Genetics (2022), 56: 391-422.

Cortical wiring by synapse type-specific control of local protein synthesis.
Bernard C, Exposito-Alonso D, Selten M, Sanalidou S, Hanusz-Godoy A, Aguilera A, Hamid F, Oozeer F, Maeso P, Allison L, Russell M, Fleck RA, Rico B, Marín O
Science (2022), 378: eabm7466.

Input-specific control of interneuron numbers in nascent striatal networks.
Sreenivasan V, Serafeimidou-Pouliou E, Exposito-Alonso D, Bercsenyi K, Bernard C, Bae SE, Oozeer F, Hanusz-Godoy A, Edwards R, Marín O.
PNAS (2022), 119 (20): e2118430119.

Subcellular sorting of neuregulins controls the assembly of excitatory-inhibitory cortical circuits.
Exposito-Alonso D*, Osório C*, Bernard C, Pascual-García S, del Pino I, Marín O, Rico B.
eLife (2020), 9: e57000.

Distinct molecular programs regulate synapse specificity in cortical inhibitory circuits.
Favuzzi E*, Deogracias R*, Marques-Smith A, Maeso P, Jezequel J, Exposito-Alonso D, Balia M, Kroon T, Hinojosa AJ, Maraver EF, Rico B.
Science (2019), 363 (6425): 413-417.

Reelin regulates the maturation of dendritic spines, synaptogenesis and glial ensheathment of newborn granule cells.
Bosch C*, Masachs N*, Exposito-Alonso D, Martínez A, Teixeira CM, Fernaud I, Pujadas L, Ulloa F, Comella JX, DeFelipe J, Merchán-Pérez A, Soriano E.
Cerebral Cortex (2016), 26 (11): 4282-4298.

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