1993
Changes of synaptic density in the primary visual cortex of the macaque monkey from fetal to adult stage
Bourgeois J, Rakic P. Changes of synaptic density in the primary visual cortex of the macaque monkey from fetal to adult stage. Journal Of Neuroscience 1993, 13: 2801-2820. PMID: 8331373, PMCID: PMC6576672, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.13-07-02801.1993.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary visual cortexSynaptic contactsVisual cortexCortical plateSynaptic densityDendritic spinesPostnatal yearDensity of synapsesThird postnatal monthFirst postnatal yearTime of pubertyMicrons 3Asymmetric synapsesDendritic shaftsLayer VICalcarine fissureCortical neuronsLayer IVPostnatal monthLaminar positionMacaque monkeysFunctional maturationRhesus monkeysAdult levelsNeuropil
1989
Multiple types of neuropeptide Y‐containing neurons in primate neocortex
Kuljis R, Rakic P. Multiple types of neuropeptide Y‐containing neurons in primate neocortex. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1989, 280: 393-409. PMID: 2918101, DOI: 10.1002/cne.902800306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAspiny stellate cellsStellate cellsNeuropeptide YSmall local circuit neuronsNPY-containing neuronsAvidin-biotin-peroxidase methodLocal circuit neuronsSpiny stellate cellsAdult macaque monkeysLocal neuronal circuitsCircuit neuronsLayer IVAElectron microscopic levelMartinotti cellsSupragranular layersLayer VIMultipolar neuronsLayer IVNonneuronal elementsCortical greyLaminar locationSpinous dendritesNeuronal typesPattern of ramificationGranule cells
1984
Region‐specific distribution of catecholamine afferents in primate cerebral cortex: A fluorescence histochemical analysis
Levitt P, Rakic P, Goldman‐Rakic P. Region‐specific distribution of catecholamine afferents in primate cerebral cortex: A fluorescence histochemical analysis. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1984, 227: 23-36. PMID: 6470208, DOI: 10.1002/cne.902270105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCA innervationCerebral cortexCerebral lobesFluorescent axonsRhesus monkeysFirst anatomical demonstrationFluorescence histochemical analysisPrimate cerebral cortexSubjacent white matterPrimary visual cortexConcentration of DAAdult rhesus monkeysDifferent cortical regionsRegion-specific distributionLaminar distributionGyrencephalic brainLayer VICatecholamine afferentsSomatosensory areaFluorescence histochemistryPremotor areasCytoarchitectonic regionsIntracerebral distributionPreterminal axonsLayers II
1975
1 Timing of Major Ontogenetic Events in the Visual Cortex of the Rhesus Monkey
RAKIC P. 1 Timing of Major Ontogenetic Events in the Visual Cortex of the Rhesus Monkey. UCLA Forum In Medical Sciences 1975, 3-40. PMID: 812226, DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-139050-1.50008-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCortical plateMonkey visual cortexYoung neuronsVisual cortexSubventricular zoneVentricular cellsRadial glial guidesEarly postnatal stagesNumerous gliaLayer VSubventricular cellsMost neuronsLayer VILayer IVGlial guidesLayer IIICerebral surfaceVentricular zoneCell originCortical formationRhesus monkeysCell bodiesNeuronsPostnatal stagesCortex