2009
Decision by division: making cortical maps
Rakic P, Ayoub AE, Breunig JJ, Dominguez MH. Decision by division: making cortical maps. Trends In Neurosciences 2009, 32: 291-301. PMID: 19380167, PMCID: PMC3601545, DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2009.01.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuronal fate determinationFate determinationFinal mitotic divisionEvolutionary expansionCell determinationMitotic divisionProtomap hypothesisEarly specificationLatest compendiumBiological basisProliferative zoneNeuronal classesNewborn neuronsBroad spectrumDivisionGenesHuman neocortexCortical malformationsNeuronsRadial unitsCompendiumMigrationCerebral wall
1995
The role of receptor/channel activity in neuronal cell migration
Rakic P, Komuro H. The role of receptor/channel activity in neuronal cell migration. Developmental Neurobiology 1995, 26: 299-315. PMID: 7775964, DOI: 10.1002/neu.480260303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuronal cell migrationCell migrationIon channelsLocal cellular milieuSpecific ion channelsCell motilityCytoskeletal proteinsConfocal laser microscopyCellular milieuPostmitotic neuronsSecond messengerCellular mechanismsChannel activityLaser microscopyMotilitySynaptic connectionsExplant culturesEarly interactionsCellsFluorescent indicatorProteinMessengerMigrationPrior formationCarbocyanine dyeDynamics of granule cell migration: a confocal microscopic study in acute cerebellar slice preparations
Komuro H, Rakic P. Dynamics of granule cell migration: a confocal microscopic study in acute cerebellar slice preparations. Journal Of Neuroscience 1995, 15: 1110-1120. PMID: 7869087, PMCID: PMC6577849, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.15-02-01110.1995.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell movementCell migrationPlasma membraneShort stationary phaseCerebellar slice preparationGranule cell migrationMolecular mechanismsMembrane flowConfocal microscopic studiesIndividual cellsNeuronal migrationConfocal microscopyCytological aspectsDil crystalsCellsMembraneBergmann glial fibersGranule cellsMigrationMicrons/hrOld micePostnatal lifeConsiderable variationAcute cerebellar slice preparationStationary phase
1994
Recognition, adhesion, transmembrane signaling and cell motility in guided neuronal migration
Rakic P, Cameron R, Komuro H. Recognition, adhesion, transmembrane signaling and cell motility in guided neuronal migration. Current Opinion In Neurobiology 1994, 4: 63-69. PMID: 8173327, DOI: 10.1016/0959-4388(94)90033-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell motilityDiverse cellular mechanismsMultiple molecular eventsSpecific ion channelsTransmembrane signalingExtracellular substratesMigration of neuronsMolecular eventsSecond messengerMolecular componentsIndividual molecular componentsIon channelsCellular mechanismsNeuronal migrationRecognition receptorsAdhesive interactionsAdhesion moleculesMultiple adhesion moleculesFinal destinationRecent studiesMotilityReceptorsSignalingMessengerMigration