Stephen C. Noctor, Ph.D.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Noctor studies development of cortical structures in the central nervous system. The cerebral
cortex consists of billions of neurons and glia that are produced over a relatively short period of
time during development. Dr. Noctor investigates factors that control proliferation of the precursor
cells that produce cortical neurons and glia, and how cortical cells migrate over long distances to
reach their appropriate position in the developing brain.
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Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Psychiatry
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry
Ph.D., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, 1998
B.A., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1991
Select Recent Publications
Milosevic, A, Noctor, SC, Martlnez-Cerdefio, V, Kriegstein AR, and Goldman, JE. (2008).
Progenitors from the postnatal forebrain subventricular zone differentiate into cerebellar-like
interneurons and cerebellar-specific astrocytes upon transplantation. Mol Cell Neurosci; 39(3):
324-334. PMC2593080
Noctor SC, Martinez-Cerdefio V, Kriegstein AR. (2008). Neural stem and progenitor cells in
cortical development. Novartis Found Symp; 288: 59-78.
Noctor SC, Martlnez-Cerdefio V, Kriegstein AR. (2008). Distinct behaviors of neural stem and
progenitor cells underlie cortical neurogenesis. J Comp Neurol; 508: 28-44. PMC2635107
Noctor SC, Martinez-Cerdeno V, Kriegstein AR. (2007). The contribution of intermediate
progenitor cells to cortical histogenesis. Archives in Neurology; 64(5):639-42.
Kriegstein, A.R., Noctor, SC, and Martfnez-Cerdeno, V. (2006). Patterns of neural stem and
progenitor cell division may underlie evolutionary cortical expansion. Nature Reviews
Neuroscience; 7(11):1-8.
Martinez-Cerdefio V, Noctor SC, Kriegstein AR. (2006). The role of abventricular mitoses in the
evolutionary expansion of the cerebral cortex. Cereb Cortex; 16(S1):152-161.
Martlnez-Cerdefio, V., Noctor SC, and Kriegstein A.R. (2006). Estradiol Stimulates Progenitor Cell
Division in the Ventricular and Subventricular Zones of the Embryonic Neocortex. Eur. J.
Neurosci; 24(12):3475-88.
Stephen C. Noctor, Ph.D.
Noctor SC, Ivic L, Martinez-Cerdeno V, Kriegstein AR. (2005). The role of neurogenic astroglial
cells in the developing and adult central nervous system. In: Kettenmann, H., and Ransom, B.R.,
eds. Neuroglia; Oxford: pp101-111.
Butt, SJ, Fuccillo M, Nery S, Noctor se, Kriegstein AR, Corbin JG, Fishell G. (2005). The temporal
and spatial origins of cortical interneurons predict their physiological subtype. Neuron; 48(4):591604.
Noctor SC, Martinez-Cerdefio V, Ivic L, Kriegstein AR. (2004). Cortical neurons arise in symmetric
and asymmetric division zones and migrate through specific phases. Nature Neuroscience; 7:13644.
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