Selected Publications

New Publications

• Do Hyeon Gim, Muhammad Z.K. Assir, Paul A. Fowler, Michael D. Morgan, Daniel A. Berg, Eunchai Kang
  "Deciphering Cell-Type and Temporal-Specific Matrisome Expression Signatures in Human Cortical Development and Neurodevelopmental Disorders via scRNA-Seq Meta-Analysis"
  Preprint, bioRxiv, 2025. View Publication
• M.Z.K. Assir, M. Yanakiev, D.H. Gim, S.S.M. Valkila, P. Muscolino, L. Peng, P.A. Fowler, D.A. Berg, E. Kang
  "IL-17A Alters Human Cortical Development in a 3D Ex Vivo Model of Maternal Immune Activation"
  Preprint, bioRxiv, 2024. View Publication

Organoids

• F. Ye, E. Kang, C. Yu, X. Qian, F. Jacob, C. Yu, M. Mao, R.Y.C. Poon, J. Kim, et al.
  "DISC1 regulates neurogenesis via modulating kinetochore attachment of Ndel1/Nde1 during mitosis"
  Neuron, 2017. View Publication
• X. Qian, H.N. Nguyen, M.M. Song, C. Hadiono, S.C. Ogden, C. Hammack, et al.
  "Brain-region-specific organoids using mini-bioreactors for modeling ZIKV exposure"
  Cell, 2016. View Publication

Neurogenesis

• D.A. Berg, Y. Su, D. Jimenez-Cyrus, A. Patel, N. Huang, D. Morizet, et al.
  "A Common Embryonic Origin of Stem Cells Drives Developmental and Adult Neurogenesis"
  Cell, 2019. View Publication
• D.A. Berg, A.M. Bond, G. Ming, H. Song
  "Radial glial cells in the adult dentate gyrus: what are they and where do they come from?"
  F1000Research, 2018. View Publication
• J. Shin, D.A. Berg, Y. Zhu, J.Y. Shin, J. Song, M.A. Bonaguidi, G. Enikolopov, et al.
  "Single-cell RNA-seq with Waterfall reveals molecular cascades underlying adult neurogenesis"
  Cell Stem Cell, 2015. View Publication
• D.A. Berg, K.J. Yoon, B. Will, A.Y. Xiao, N.S. Kim, K.M. Christian, H. Song, G. Ming
  "Tbr2-expressing intermediate progenitor cells in the adult mouse hippocampus are unipotent neuronal precursors with limited amplification capacity under homeostasis"
  Frontiers in Biology, 2015. View Publication
• M.H. Jang, M.A. Bonaguidi, Y. Kitabatake, J. Sun, J. Song, E. Kang, et al.
  "Secreted frizzled-related protein 3 regulates activity-dependent adult hippocampal neurogenesis"
  Cell Stem Cell, 2013. View Publication
• D.A. Berg, M. Kirkham, H. Wang, J. Frisén, A. Simon
  "Dopamine controls neurogenesis in the adult salamander midbrain in homeostasis and during regeneration of dopamine neurons"
  Cell Stem Cell, 2011. View Publication
• D.A. Berg, M. Kirkham, A. Beljajeva, D. Knapp, B. Habermann, et al.
  "Efficient regeneration by activation of neurogenesis in homeostatically quiescent regions of the adult vertebrate brain"
  Development, 2010. View Publication

Psychiatric Disorders

• E. Kang, J. Song, Y. Lin, J. Park, J.H. Lee, Q. Hussani, Y. Gu, S. Ge, et al.
  "Interplay between a mental disorder risk gene and developmental polarity switch of GABA action leads to excitation-inhibition imbalance"
  Cell Reports, 2019. View Publication
• E. Kang, Z. Wen, H. Song, K.M. Christian, G. Ming
  "Adult neurogenesis and psychiatric disorders"
  Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2018. View Publication
• H. Zhang, E. Kang, Y. Wang, C. Yang, H. Yu, Q. Wang, Z. Chen, C. Zhang, et al.
  "Brain-specific Crmp2 deletion leads to neuronal development deficits and behavioural impairments in mice"
  Nature Communications, 2016. View Publication
• H. Lee, E. Kang, D. GoodSmith, D.Y. Yoon, H. Song, J.J. Knierim, et al.
  "DISC1-mediated dysregulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in rats"
  Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2015. View Publication

Neurotoxicity

• J. Neudecker, J. Xu, C. Thomas, L. Penberthy, E. Kang, D. A. Berg, D. O’Meara, A. Brambrink, C. Mintz
  "An Update on Preclinical Research in Anesthetic-Induced Developmental Neurotoxicity in Nonhuman Primate and Rodent Models"
  Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, 35, 104–113, 2023. View Publication
• J. Xu, E. Kang, C.D. Mintz
  "Anesthetics disrupt brain development via actions on the mTOR pathway"
  Communicative & Integrative Biology, 11(2), 1–4, 2018. View Publication
• E. Kang, D. Jiang, K.Y. Ryu, S. Lim, M. Kwak, C.D. Grey, M. Xu, J.H. Choi, S. Junn, J. Kim, J. Xu, M. Scaefer, R.A. Johns, H. Song, G.L. Ming, C.D. Mintz
  "Early postnatal exposure to isoflurane causes cognitive deficits and disrupts development of newborn hippocampal neurons via activation of the mTOR pathway"
  PLoS Biology, 15(7), 2017. View Publication
• E. Kang, D.A. Berg, O. Furmanski, W.M. Jackson, Y.K. Ryu, C.D. Gray, C.D. Mintz
  "Neurogenesis and developmental anesthetic neurotoxicity"
  Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 60, 33–39, 2017. View Publication
• E.M. Kwak, S. Lim, E. Kang, O. Furmanski, H. Song, Y.K. Ryu, C.D. Mintz
  "Effects of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic injury and hypothermic neuroprotection on neural progenitor cells in the mouse hippocampus"
  Developmental Neuroscience, 2015. View Publication

Pictures

Outreach & Communications

How Scientists Grow Human Brain Cells to Uncover Neuroscience’s Biggest Secrets

Congratulations to Eunchai for receiving the Les Rhoades PhD Studentship award

Short Essay on the Discovery of Adult Neurogenesis for BBC Bitesize

Adult Neurogenesis Talk for TechFest Aberdeen

Contact

You can contact us at: Eunchai.kang[at]abdn.ac.uk, Daniel.Berg[at]abdn.ac.uk

Members of the Kang/Berg lab and friends at the beach in Aberdeen, Summer 2022