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Primate Astrocyte Evolution Controls the Tempo of Neuronal Development

2026-07-08

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Prolonged neuronal maturation, also referred to as neoteny, constitutes a hallmark of human brain evolution. Yet, the mechanisms controlling neotenic brain development remain poorly understood, and have been defined as neuron-intrinsic. Astrocytes shape synapse formation, activity, and elimination, and have changed substantially between humans and other species. Yet, whether the evolutionary divergence in astrocyt...

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Literature Corpus work: 8a10f2ab-8762-5595-b2f9-c4201a8b451b
DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.08.736743

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