John Rubenstein, MD, PhD

Professor
Department of Psychiatry
+1 415 476-7872
Research Overview: 

We study the following processes in the development mouse forebrain:

  • Mechanisms governing regional and cell type specification within the cortex and basal ganglia.
  • Transcriptional hierarchies, including identification of gene regulatory elements (enhancers), which govern cell fate decisions in the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, and hypothalamus.
  • Molecular mechanisms controling cell migration.
  • Genetic studies of human neurogenetic disorders, such as Autism and Epilepsy.
Primary Thematic Area: 
Neurobiology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Research Summary: 
Genetic Control of Development and Diseases of the Forebrain

Websites

Publications: 

Erratum.

The Journal of comparative neurology

Rubenstein JLR

Human pallial MGE-type GABAergic interneuron cell therapy for chronic focal epilepsy.

Cell stem cell

Bershteyn M, Bröer S, Parekh M, Maury Y, Havlicek S, Kriks S, Fuentealba L, Lee S, Zhou R, Subramanyam G, Sezan M, Sevilla ES, Blankenberger W, Spatazza J, Zhou L, Nethercott H, Traver D, Hampel P, Kim H, Watson M, Salter N, Nesterova A, Au W, Kriegstein A, Alvarez-Buylla A, Rubenstein J, Banik G, Bulfone A, Priest C, Nicholas CR