Development of the cerebral cortex in health and disease

Selected Publications

Moissidis M, Abbasova L, Selten M, Alis R, Bernard C, Domínguez-Canterla Y, Oozeer F, Qin S, Kelly A, Mòdol L, Vasistha NA, Jones B, Dhami P, Khodosevich K, Hamid F, Lavender P, Flames N, Marín O (2025) A postnatal molecular switch drives activity-dependent maturation of parvalbumin interneurons. Cell

Selten M, Bernard C, Mukherjee D, Hamid F, Hanusz-Godoy A, Oozeer F, Zimmer C, Marín O (2025) Regulation of PV interneuron plasticity by neuropeptide-encoding genes. Nature

Marín O (2025) Development of GABAergic Interneurons in the Human Cerebral Cortex. Eur J Neurosci

Fisher J, Verhagen M, Long Z, Moissidis M, Yan Y, He C, Wang J, Micoli E, Alastruey CM, Moors R, Marín O, Mi D, Lim L (2024) Cortical somatostatin long-range projection neurons and interneurons exhibit divergent developmental trajectories. Neuron

Cameron D, Mi D, Vinh NN, Webber C, Li M, Marín O, O'Donovan MC, Bray NJ (2023) Single-Nuclei RNA Sequencing of 5 Regions of the Human Prenatal Brain Implicates Developing Neuron Populations in Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry

Sreenivasan V, Serafeimidou-Pouliou E, Exposito-Alonso D, Bercsenyi K, Bernard C, Bae SE, Oozeer F, Hanusz-Godoy A, Edwards RH, Marín O (2022) Input-specific control of interneuron numbers in nascent striatal networks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Wong FK, Selten M, Rosés-Novella C, Sreenivasan V, Pallas-Bazarra N, Serafeimidou-Pouliou E, Hanusz-Godoy A, Oozeer F, Edwards R, Marín O (2022) Serotonergic regulation of bipolar cell survival in the developing cerebral cortex. Cell Rep

Shi Y, Wang M, Mi D, Lu T, Wang B, Dong H, Zhong S, Chen Y, Sun L, Zhou X, Ma Q, Liu Z, Wang W, Zhang J, Wu Q, Marín O, Wang X (2021) Mouse and human share conserved transcriptional programs for interneuron development. Science

Llorca A, Ciceri G, Beattie R, Wong FK, Diana G, Serafeimidou-Pouliou E, Fernández-Otero M, Streicher C, Arnold SJ, Meyer M, Hippenmeyer S, Maravall M, Marin O (2019) A stochastic framework of neurogenesis underlies the assembly of neocortical cytoarchitecture. Elife

Wong FK, Bercsenyi K, Sreenivasan V, Portalés A, Fernández-Otero M, Marín O (2018) Pyramidal cell regulation of interneuron survival sculpts cortical networks. Nature

Lim L, Mi D, Llorca A, Marín O (2018) Development and Functional Diversification of Cortical Interneurons. Neuron

Mi D, Li Z, Lim L, Li M, Moissidis M, Yang Y, Gao T, Hu TX, Pratt T, Price DJ, Sestan N, Marín O (2018) Early emergence of cortical interneuron diversity in the mouse embryo. Science

Del Pino I, Rico B, Marín O (2018) Neural circuit dysfunction in mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders. Curr Opin Neurobiol

Del Pino I, Brotons-Mas JR, Marques-Smith A, Marighetto A, Frick A, Marín O, Rico B (2017) Abnormal wiring of CCK+ basket cells disrupts spatial information coding. Nat Neurosci

Bartolini G, Sánchez-Alcañiz JA, Osório C, Valiente M, García-Frigola C, Marín O (2017) Neuregulin 3 Mediates Cortical Plate Invasion and Laminar Allocation of GABAergic Interneurons. Cell Rep

Marín O (2016) Developmental timing and critical windows for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Nat Med

Dehorter N, Ciceri G, Bartolini G, Lim L, del Pino I, Marín O (2015) Tuning of fast-spiking interneuron properties by an activity-dependent transcriptional switch. Science

Villar-Cerviño V, Molano-Mazón M, Catchpole T, Valdeolmillos M, Henkemeyer M, Martínez LM, Borrell V, Marín O (2013) Contact repulsion controls the dispersion and final distribution of Cajal-Retzius cells. Neuron

Ciceri G, Dehorter N, Sols I, Huang ZJ, Maravall M, Marín O (2013) Lineage-specific laminar organization of cortical GABAergic interneurons. Nat Neurosci

Del Pino I, García-Frigola C, Dehorter N, Brotons-Mas JR, Alvarez-Salvado E, Martínez de Lagrán M, Ciceri G, Gabaldón MV, Moratal D, Dierssen M, Canals S, Marín O, Rico B (2013) Erbb4 deletion from fast-spiking interneurons causes schizophrenia-like phenotypes. Neuron

Marín O (2012) Interneuron dysfunction in psychiatric disorders. Nat Rev Neurosci

Borrell V, Cárdenas A, Ciceri G, Galcerán J, Flames N, Pla R, Nóbrega-Pereira S, García-Frigola C, Peregrín S, Zhao Z, Ma L, Tessier-Lavigne M, Marín O (2012) Slit/Robo signaling modulates the proliferation of central nervous system progenitors. Neuron

Fazzari P, Paternain AV, Valiente M, Pla R, Luján R, Lloyd K, Lerma J, Marín O, Rico B (2010) Control of cortical GABA circuitry development by Nrg1 and ErbB4 signalling. Nature