With more specificity towards the central nervous system, BRCA1 also functions in the brain throughout neurodevelopment (Pao et al., 2014) and adulthood, with its dysregulation reported in multiple neurodegenerative diseases (Noristani et al., 2015; Suberbielle et al., 2015; Kurihara et al., 2020). Here, BRCA1 is linked to neurodegenerative disease.