Competing programs shape cortical sensorimotor–association axis development
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Nenad Sestan
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Nature CommunicationsCompeting programs shape cortical sensorimotor–association axis developmentnature.comNature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10699-x Multispecies evidence supports the multinodal induction–exclusion in network development model, in which sensorimotor-to-association patterning is governed by competing processes of induction and exclusion driven by two opposing transcriptomically defined programs.
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