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Overview

Stephen C. Noctor is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience, with significant contributions across several subfields including Neurology, Developmental Neuroscience, Immunology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers key topics such as Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity mechanisms, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Immune cells in cancer, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, and the COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Similar Microglial Cell Densities across Brain Structures and Mammalian Species: Implications for Brain Tissue Function" (2020), Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Cortical Interlaminar Astrocytes Are Generated Prenatally, Mature Postnatally, and Express Unique Markers in Human and Nonhuman Primates" (2020), Cerebral Cortex
  • "Nonhuman Primates in Translational Research" (2022), Annual Review of Animal Biosciences
  • "Redefining varicose projection astrocytes in primates" (2021), Glia
  • "Neuronal and glial cell number is altered in a cortical layer-specific manner in autism" (2021), Autism

Frequent coauthors of Stephen C. Noctor include:

  • Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño
  • Carmen Falcone
  • Tiffany Hong
  • Alice F. Tarantal
  • Elisa Penna

Publications have appeared predominantly in the following venues:

  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Annual Review of Animal Biosciences
  • Glia
  • Autism

Best Publications

  • Cortical neurons arise in symmetric and asymmetric division zones and migrate through specific phases

    Stephen C Noctor;Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño;Lidija Ivic;Arnold R Kriegstein

  • Neurons derived from radial glial cells establish radial units in neocortex

    Stephen C. Noctor;Alexander C. Flint;Tamily A. Weissman;Ryan S. Dammerman

  • Microglia regulate the number of neural precursor cells in the developing cerebral cortex

    Christopher L. Cunningham;Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño;Stephen C. Noctor

  • Patterns of neuronal migration in the embryonic cortex

    Arnold R Kriegstein;Stephen C Noctor

  • Patterns of neural stem and progenitor cell division may underlie evolutionary cortical expansion

    Arnold Kriegstein;Stephen C Noctor;Veronica Martinez-Cerdeno

  • Dividing precursor cells of the embryonic cortical ventricular zone have morphological and molecular characteristics of radial glia.

    Stephen C. Noctor;Alexander C. Flint;Tamily A. Weissman;Winston S. Wong

  • The temporal and spatial origins of cortical interneurons predict their physiological subtype.

    Simon J B Butt;Marc Fuccillo;Susana Nery;Stephen C Noctor

  • The Indispensable Roles of Microglia and Astrocytes during Brain Development

    Kitty Reemst;Stephen C. Noctor;Paul J. Lucassen;Elly M. Hol;Elly M. Hol;Elly M. Hol

  • Distinct Behaviors of Neural Stem and Progenitor Cells Underlie Cortical Neurogenesis

    Stephen C. Noctor;Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño;Arnold R. Kriegstein

  • The Number of Parvalbumin-Expressing Interneurons Is Decreased in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Autism

    Ezzat Hashemi;Jeanelle Ariza;Haille Rogers;Stephen C. Noctor

  • The role of intermediate progenitor cells in the evolutionary expansion of the cerebral cortex.

    Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño;Stephen C. Noctor;Arnold R. Kriegstein

  • Neurogenic Radial Glial Cells in Reptile, Rodent and Human: from Mitosis to Migration

    Tamily Weissman;Stephen C. Noctor;Brian K. Clinton;Lawrence S. Honig

  • Comparative Analysis of the Subventricular Zone in Rat, Ferret and Macaque: Evidence for an Outer Subventricular Zone in Rodents

    Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño;Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño;Christopher L. Cunningham;Jasmin Camacho;Jared L. Antczak

  • Neural Progenitor Cell Terminology.

    Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño;Stephen C. Noctor

  • Contribution of intermediate progenitor cells to cortical histogenesis.

    Stephen C. Noctor;Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño;Arnold R. Kriegstein

  • Estradiol stimulates progenitor cell division in the ventricular and subventricular zones of the embryonic neocortex.

    Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño;Stephen C. Noctor;Arnold R. Kriegstein

  • The Number of Parvalbumin-Expressing Interneurons Is Decreased in the Prefrontal Cortex in Autism.

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  • HISTOGENESIS OF FERRET SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX

    Stephen C. Noctor;Nathaniel J. Scholnicoff;Sharon L. Juliano

  • Embryonic MGE precursor cells grafted into adult rat striatum integrate and ameliorate motor symptoms in 6-OHDA-lesioned rats

    Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño;Stephen C. Noctor;Ana Espinosa;Jeanelle Ariza

  • CoREST/LSD1 Control the Development of Pyramidal Cortical Neurons

    Patricio Fuentes;José Cánovas;F. Andrés Berndt;Stephen C. Noctor

  • Dogs Have the Most Neurons, Though Not the Largest Brain: Trade-Off between Body Mass and Number of Neurons in the Cerebral Cortex of Large Carnivoran Species

    Débora Jardim-Messeder;Kelly Lambert;Stephen C Noctor;Fernanda M. Pestana

Frequent Co-Authors

Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño
Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño University of California, Davis
Arnold R. Kriegstein
Arnold R. Kriegstein University of California, San Francisco
Paul J. Hagerman
Paul J. Hagerman University of California, Davis
Randi J Hagerman
Randi J Hagerman University of California, Davis
Paul R. Manger
Paul R. Manger University of the Witwatersrand
Chet C. Sherwood
Chet C. Sherwood George Washington University
Patrick R. Hof
Patrick R. Hof Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Suzana Herculano-Houzel
Suzana Herculano-Houzel Vanderbilt University
William D. Hopkins
William D. Hopkins University of Wisconsin–Madison
Elly M. Hol
Elly M. Hol Utrecht University

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