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Fumi Suomi1, Anna Rappe1, Thomas G McWilliams2
1Stem Cells and Metabolism Program, Research Programs Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Cell Metabolism
|April 5, 2023
Abstract:
The human nervous system matures over a protracted developmental time frame relative to other species. What sets the pace of maturation has remained a mystery. In a recent publication in Science, Iwata et al. unearth critical contributions of mitochondrial metabolism in setting the pace of species-specific corticogenesis.

