Essentials of Noncoding RNA in Neuroscience

<p>Intro to miRNAs and methods<br>1. Making and Maintaining MicroRNAs in Animals<br>2. Essentials of miRNA-dependent control of mRNA translation and decay, miRNA targeting principles and methods for target identification<br>3. Computational challenges and -omics approaches for the identification of miRNAs and targets<br>4. Methodological challenges in functional investigation and therapeutic use of microRNAs</p> <p>Neurogenesis<br>5. The cell biology of neural stem and progenitor cells and neocortex expansion in development and evolution<br>6. miRNA-dependent and independent functions of the Microprocessor in the regulation of neural stem cell biology<br>7. Epigenetic Regulation of Neurogenesis by MicroRNAs<br>8. MiRNAs in mammalian adult olfactory neurogenesis<br>9. microRNA-mediated regulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis and implications for hippocampus-dependent cognition and related disorders</p> <p>Gliogenesis<br>10. Transcriptional and Epigenetic Control of Astrogliogenesis<br>11. microRNAs in Oligodendrocyte Myelination and Repair in the Central Nervous System</p> <p>Plasticity and brain dysfunctions <br>12. MiRNA in neuronal networks maturation and plasticity<br>13. Small RNA dysregulation in neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric disorders</p> <p>Emerging complexity in small RNA classes and functions<br>14. Circular RNAs expression, function and regulation in neural systems<br>15. Comparative functions of miRNAs in embryonic neurogenesis/neuronal network formation <br>16. MicroRNA and neocortical evolution</p>