1991
Experimental manipulation of cerebral cortical areas in primates
Rakic P. Experimental manipulation of cerebral cortical areas in primates. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 1991, 331: 291-294. PMID: 1677473, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1991.0019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecies-specific diversityExperimental manipulationEmbryonic developmentPrimate embryosProtomap hypothesisDevelopmental mechanismsCellular eventsMolecular mechanismsNeuronal phenotypeCerebral cortical areasSynaptic architectureHigher brain functionsCell numberCerebral cortexCongenital disorderExtrinsic influencesSynaptic circuitryCortical areasCytoarchitectonic patternCytoarchitectonic areasBrain functionEmbryosDiversityDistinct areasPhenotype
1988
Specification of Cerebral Cortical Areas
Rakic P. Specification of Cerebral Cortical Areas. Science 1988, 241: 170-176. PMID: 3291116, DOI: 10.1126/science.3291116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAfferent PathwaysAnimalsCell DivisionCell MovementCerebral CortexHumansNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsVisual CortexConceptsCytoarchitectonic areasCerebral ventricleEmbryonic cerebral ventriclesCerebral cortical areasHuman cerebral neocortexRadial unit hypothesisNeural transplantsReceptor autoradiographyAfferent inputCerebral neocortexCortical disordersGlial guidesCortical developmentCortical areasEpendymal layerProliferative unitsCell proliferationNeurobiological techniquesVentriclePhenotypic expressionLineage relationshipsCerebral evolutionRetrovirus gene transferGene transferTransplant
1984
Development of prestriate visual projections in the monkey and human fetal cerebrum revealed by transient cholinesterase staining
Kostovic I, Rakic P. Development of prestriate visual projections in the monkey and human fetal cerebrum revealed by transient cholinesterase staining. Journal Of Neuroscience 1984, 4: 25-42. PMID: 6693940, PMCID: PMC6564757, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.04-01-00025.1984.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAfferent PathwaysAgingAnimalsBrainCholinesterasesFemaleFetusGestational AgeHistocytochemistryHumansMacaca mulattaPregnancyVisual CortexConceptsPrestriate cortexSubplate zoneCholinesterase stainingChE activityAdjacent neocortical areasPrestriate visual cortexCholinesterase-positive fibersHuman fetal cerebrumNucleus pulvinarisPulvinar inputStage VSubcortical projectionsThalamic nucleiArea 17Fetal brainOccipital lobeNeocortical areasStage IStage IIIStage IVLayer IIIVisual cortexLayer IFetal cerebrumStage II
1983
Geniculo-Cortical Connections in Primates: Normal and Experimentally Altered Development
Rakic P. Geniculo-Cortical Connections in Primates: Normal and Experimentally Altered Development. Progress In Brain Research 1983, 58: 393-404. PMID: 6195694, DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)60042-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual cortexDorsal lateral geniculate nucleusFetal rhesus monkeysLateral geniculate nucleusCentral visual pathwaysPrimary visual cortexPrimate visual cortexSynaptic reorganizationCerebral cortexPrenatal mechanismsGeniculate nucleusAfferent connectionsAdult monkeysVisual pathwayRhesus monkeysAnatomical organizationExperimental modelCortexCongenital disorderNormal patternPathological developmentMonkeysColor visionSeries of studiesPrimates