Publications

(Selected List of Publications)

Noctor SC, Penna E, Shepherd H, Chelson C, Barger N, Martínez-Cerdeño V, Tarantal AF. (2019). Periventricular Microglial Cells Interact with Dividing Precursor Cells in the Nonhuman Primate and Rodent Prenatal Cerebral Cortex.  Journal of Comparative Neurology In Press – View Here

Barger N, Keiter J, Kreutz A, Krishnamurthy A, Weidenthaler C, Martínez-Cerdeño V, Tarantal AF, and Noctor SC (2019). Microglia: an intrinsic component of the proliferative zones in the fetal rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) cerebral cortex. Cerebral Cortex, In Press – View Here

Martínez-Cerdeño V and Noctor SC. (2019). Cortical evolution: Advantages of animal model species. Journal of Comparative Neurology.In press.

Martínez-Cerdeño, V and Noctor, SC (2018). Neural Progenitor Cell Terminology.Frontiers in Neuroanatomy,doi 10.3389; fnana.2018.00104.

Ibañez Rodriguez MP, Galiana MD, Rásmussen JA, Freites CL, Noctor, SC, Muñoz EM. (2018). Differential response of pineal microglia to surgical versus pharmacological stimuli. Journal of Comparative Neurology,526(15): 2462-2481.

Martínez Cerdeño V, Hong T, Amina S, Lechpammer M, Ariza J, Tassone F, Noctor SC, Hagerman P, Hagerman R. (2018). Microglial cell activation and senescence are characteristic of the pathology FXTAS. Movement Disorders. In Press: doi: 10.1002/mds.27553.

Martínez-Cerdeño V, Camacho J, Ariza J, Rogers H, Horton-Sparks K, Kreutz A, Behringer R, Rasweiler JJ, and Noctor SC (2017). The bat as a new model of cortical development. Cerebral Cortex, 9: 1-14. – View Here.

Ibañez Rodriguez MP, Noctor, SC, Muñoz EM (2016) Cellular Basis of Pineal Gland Development: Emerging Role of Microglia as Phenotype Regulator. PLoS One: 11(11):e0167063

Martínez-Cerdeño V, Cunningham CL, Camacho J, Keiter JA, Ariza J, Lovern M, and Noctor SC (2015) Evolutionary Origin of Tbr2-Expressing Precursor Cells and the Subventricular Zone in the Developing Cortex.  Journal of Comparative Neurology, in press – View Here

Martínez-Cerdeño V and Noctor SC (2015)
Cortical Evolution 2015: Discussion on neural progenitor cell nomenclature
Journal of Comparative Neurology, in press – View Here

Kim E, Camacho J, Combs Z, Ariza J, Lechpammer M, Noctor SC, and Martínez-Cerdeño V. (2015)
Preliminary findings suggest the number and volume of supragranular and infragranular pyramidal neurons are similar in the anterior superior temporal area of control subjects and subjects with autism.
Neuroscience Letters, 589:98-103 – View Here

Martínez-Cerdeño V, Camacho J, Fox E, Miller E, Ariza J, Kienzle D, Plank K, Noctor SC, and Van de Water J. (2015)
Prenatal Exposure to Autism-Specific Maternal Autoantibodies Alters Proliferation of Cortical Neural Precursor Cells, Enlarges Brain, and Increases Neuronal Size in Adult Animals.
Cerebral Cortex, pii: bhu291. [Epub] – View Here

Clinton BK, Cunningham CL, Kriegstein AR, Noctor SC, and Martínez-Cerdeño V. (2014)
Radial Glia are Proliferative in the Ventricular Zone of the Embryonic and Adult Turtle, Trachemys Scripta Elegans.
Neurogenesis (in press) – View Here

Camacho J, Ejaz E, Ariza J, Noctor SC, and Martínez-Cerdeño V. (2014)
RELN-expressing neuron density in layer I of the superior temporal lobe is similar in human brains with autism and in age-matched controls.
Neuroscience Letters, 579:163-7 – View Here

Martínez-Cerdeño V and Noctor SC (2014)
Cajal, Retzius, and Cajal-Retzius Cells.
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 8(48) – View Here

Camacho J, Jones K, Miller E, Ariza J, Noctor SC, Van de Water J, and Martínez-Cerdeño V (2014)
Embryonic intraventricular exposure to autism-specific maternal autoantibodies produces alterations in autistic-like stereotypical behaviors in offspring mice.
Behavioral Brain Research, 266:46-51 – View Here

Cunningham CL, Martinez-Cerdeno V, and Noctor SC. (2013)
Diversity of neural precursor cell types in the prenatal macaque cerebral cortex exists largely within the astroglial cell lineage.
PLoS ONE, 8(5): e63848 – View Here

Cunningham CL, Martinez-Cerdeno V, and Noctor SC (2013)
Microglia regulate the number of neural precursor cells in the developing cerebral cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 33(10): 4216-4233. – View Here

Martinez-Cerdeno V, Cunningham CL, Camacho J, Antczak JL, Prakash AN, Cziep ME, Walker AI, and Noctor SC (2012)
Comparative analysis of the subventricular zone in rat, ferret and macaque: evidence for an outer subventricular zone in rodents.
PLoS ONE, 7(1),:e30178 – View Here

Noctor SC. (2011)
Time-lapse imaging of fluorescently labeled live cells in the embryonic mammalian forebrain.
Cold Spring Harbor protocols 2011:341-355. View Here

Cunningham CL, Martinez-Cerdeño V, Navarro E, Prakash A, Willemsen R, Hagerman PJ, Pessah IN, Berman RF, Noctor SC (2011)
Premutation CGG-repeat expansion of the Fmr1 gene impairs mouse neocortical development.
Human Molecular Genetics, 20(1): 64-79 –  View Here

Noctor SC, Martínez-Cerdeño V, and Kriegstein AR (2008)
Distinct behaviors of neural stem and progenitor cells underlie cortical neurogenesis. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 508:28-44 – View Here

Martínez-Cerdeño V*, Noctor SC*, and Kriegstein, AR (2006)
The role of intermediate progenitor cells in the evolutionary expansion of the cerebral cortex.
Cerebral Cortex, 16(S1):152-161 – View Here

Noctor SC, Martínez-Cerdeño V, Ivic L, and Kriegstein AR (2004)
Cortical neurons arise in symmetric and asymmetric division zones and migrate through specific phases.
Nature Neuroscience, 7(2):136-44 – View Here

Weissman T*, Noctor SC*, Clinton BK, Honig LS, and Kriegstein AR (2003)
Neurogenic radial glial cells in reptile, rodent and human: from mitosis to migration. Cerebral Cortex, 13(6): 550-9 – View Here

Noctor SC, Flint AC, Weissman TA, Wong WS, Clinton BK, and Kriegstein AR (2002)
Dividing precursor cells of the embryonic cortical ventricular zone have morphological and molecular characteristics of radial glia.
Journal of Neuroscience, 22(8): 3161-73 – View Here

Noctor SC, Flint AC, Weissman TA, Dammerman RS, and Kriegstein AR (2001)
Neurons derived from radial glial cells establish radial units in neocortex.
Nature, 409: 714-720 – View Here

Noctor SC, Palmer SL, McLaughlin DF, and Juliano SL (2001)
Disruption of layers 3 and 4 during development results in altered thalamocortical projections in ferret somatosensory cortex.
Journal of Neuroscience, 21(9): 3184-95 – View Here

Palmer SL, Noctor SC, Jablonska B, and Juliano SL (2001)
Laminar specific alterations of thalamocortical projections in organotypic cultures following layer 4 disruptions in ferret somatosensory cortex.
European Journal of Neuroscience, 13(8): 1559-71 – View Here

Noctor SC, Palmer SL, Hasling T, and Juliano SL (1999)
Interference with the development of early generated neocortex results in disruption of radial glia and abnormal formation of neocortical layers.
Cerebral Cortex, 9(2): 121-36 – View Here

Noctor SC, Scholnicoff NJ, and Juliano SL (1997)
Histogenesis of ferret somatosensory cortex.
Journal of Comparative Neurology, 387(2): 179-93 – View Here

Juliano SL, Palmer SL, Sonty R, Noctor SC, and Hill G (1996)
Development of local connections in ferret somatosensory cortex.
Journal of Comparative Neurology, 374(2): 259-77 – View Here