Distinct radial glia subtypes regulate midbrain dopaminergic neuron development

Emilía Sif Ásgrímsdóttir1, Luca Fusar Bassini2, Ting Sun3

  • 1Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. emiliasifa@gmail.com.

Nature Neuroscience
|February 16, 2026
PubMed
Summary

Researchers identified distinct radial glia (Rgl) subtypes in the developing midbrain. Rgl1 generates dopaminergic neurons, regulated by BMAL1, while Rgl3 factors enhance human stem cell-derived neuron yield for Parkinson's disease therapies.