For decades, scientists maintained one brain area, the subplate, vanishes during human development. In a new paper, researchers demonstrate that subplate neurons survive, by becoming part of the adult cerebral cortex, and outline a connection between subplate neurons and brain disorders like autism.

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For decades, scientists maintained one brain area, the subplate, vanishes during human development. In a new paper, researchers demonstrate that subplate neurons survive, by becoming part of the adult cerebral cortex, and outline a connection between subplate neurons and brain disorders like autism.