2000
Identification of a multipotent astrocytic stem cell in the immature and adult mouse brain
Laywell E, Rakic P, Kukekov V, Holland E, Steindler D. Identification of a multipotent astrocytic stem cell in the immature and adult mouse brain. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2000, 97: 13883-13888. PMID: 11095732, PMCID: PMC17670, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.250471697.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral nervous systemNeural stem cellsAstrocyte monolayersMultipotent astrocytic stem cellsAstrocytic stem cellsPostnatal central nervous systemAdult mouse brainStem cellsCerebral cortexPostnatal wkSpinal cordAdult brainSubependymal zoneNervous systemEpendymal cellsMouse brainMammalian brainSpherical clonesCNS developmentBrainVivo identificationAstrocytesMature forebrainCritical periodCE cells
1979
A golgi study of radial glial cells in developing monkey telencephalon: Morphogenesis and transformation into astrocytes
Schmechel D, Rakic P. A golgi study of radial glial cells in developing monkey telencephalon: Morphogenesis and transformation into astrocytes. Brain Structure And Function 1979, 156: 115-152. PMID: 111580, DOI: 10.1007/bf00300010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRadial glial cellsGlial cellsCerebral wallSubventricular zoneOccipital lobeRadial fibersPial surfaceRadial glial fibersRapid Golgi methodMedial cerebral wallMonkey telencephalonCalcarine fissureCortical plateGolgi studyLateral ventricleProtoplasmic astrocytesLarge oval nucleiDay 365Ependymal cellsGlial fibersAstrocytesRhesus monkeysOlder ageDay 48Oval nucleiArrested proliferation of radial glial cells during midgestation in rhesus monkey
SCHMECHEL D, RAKIC P. Arrested proliferation of radial glial cells during midgestation in rhesus monkey. Nature 1979, 277: 303-305. PMID: 105294, DOI: 10.1038/277303a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRadial glial cellsGlial cellsPial surfaceCerebral cortexGlial natureOccipital lobeTelencephalic wallEpendymal cellsGlial fibersRhesus monkeysNeuronal migrationCell classesAutoradiographic analysisVentricular surfaceAstrocytesTwo-thirdsMidgestationPresent studyCellsProliferationGestationPostnatalCerebrumCortexMonths
1968
Subcommissural organ and adjacent ependyma: Autoradiographic study of their origin in the mouse brain
Rakic P, Sidman R. Subcommissural organ and adjacent ependyma: Autoradiographic study of their origin in the mouse brain. Developmental Dynamics 1968, 122: 317-335. PMID: 5659133, DOI: 10.1002/aja.1001220210.Peer-Reviewed Original Research