2024
Lateral expansion of the mammalian cerebral cortex is related to anchorage of centrosomes in apical neural progenitors
Morozov Y, Rakic P. Lateral expansion of the mammalian cerebral cortex is related to anchorage of centrosomes in apical neural progenitors. Cerebral Cortex 2024, 34: bhae293. PMID: 39024157, PMCID: PMC11485267, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhae293.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural progenitor cellsProgenitor cellsVentricular zoneCerebral cortexBasolateral cell membraneApical anchorageProlonged neurogenesisMammalian cerebral cortexPrimary ciliaApical neural progenitorsCell membraneFraction of cellsNeural progenitorsStem cellsCerebral neurogenesisApical segmentsDevelopment of ciliaNuclear translocationMicrotubule organizing centerNeurogenesisCellsMacaque monkeysSpecies-specific differencesCortexBasal bodies
2009
Evolution of the neocortex: a perspective from developmental biology
Rakic P. Evolution of the neocortex: a perspective from developmental biology. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2009, 10: 724-735. PMID: 19763105, PMCID: PMC2913577, DOI: 10.1038/nrn2719.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvo-devo approachSpecies-specific adaptationsExtinct common ancestorsNew cell typesSpecies-specific differencesMutations of genesProliferative ventricular zoneMammalian evolutionDistinct migratory pathwaysCommon ancestorDevelopmental biologyCell divisionNew traitsNew cell subtypesNeural stem cellsProtomap hypothesisMouse embryosNew cytoarchitectonic areasTranscriptional factorsUnique cognitive abilitiesGene expressionDifferential enlargementDistinct traitsMigratory pathwaysCortical evolution