Willem Naert
PhD candidate

I am investigating a particular process within the development of the cerebral cortex, called radial migration of cortical neurons. We focus on Semaphorin-6A in the termination of the migration of upper-layer neurons and its molecular pathway within radial glia cells. Besides this, I am interested in the formation of neuronal circuits within the cortex and changes in neuronal integration within these circuits in health versus disease.
Developmental neurobiology of the cerebral cortex, neuronal migration, circuit formation, Semaphorin-6A, transgenic mouse models, molecular neurobiology