{
  "id": 6772305,
  "title": "New brain atlas shows neurons don't inherit their identity—they build it in their first hours of life",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/new-brain-atlas-shows-neurons-dont-inherit-their-identity-they-build",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-11T16:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-brain-atlas-neurons-dont-inherit.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A brain contains hundreds or thousands of different kinds of neurons, each with its own shape, connections and function. Yet all of them arise from a comparatively small pool of dividing neural stem cells. How does a newly-born cell know what kind of neuron to become?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}