2001
Independent parcellation of the embryonic visual cortex and thalamus revealed by combinatorial Eph/ephrin gene expression
Šestan N, Rakic P, Donoghue M. Independent parcellation of the embryonic visual cortex and thalamus revealed by combinatorial Eph/ephrin gene expression. Current Biology 2001, 11: 39-43. PMID: 11166178, DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00043-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual cortical areasVisual cortexCortical plateCortical areasReciprocal connectionsDistinct visual cortical areasLateral geniculate nucleusEphA family membersPulvinar projectionsHigher association areasCytoarchitectonic differentiationThalamic nucleiGeniculate nucleusThalamusAssociation areasThalamocortical systemRhesus monkeysExtrastriate cortexCortexReceptor tyrosine kinasesEph receptor tyrosine kinasesMolecular patternsFamily membersTyrosine kinaseStriate
1994
Synaptogenesis in the Prefrontal Cortex of Rhesus Monkeys
Bourgeois J, Goldman-Rakic P, Rakic P. Synaptogenesis in the Prefrontal Cortex of Rhesus Monkeys. Cerebral Cortex 1994, 4: 78-96. PMID: 8180493, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/4.1.78.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYears of ageSynaptic densityPrefrontal cortexCortical plateMotor areaRhesus monkeysDensity of synapsesQuantitative electron microscopic analysisCourse of synaptogenesisHigh synaptic densityWhole cortical thicknessPrefrontal association areasMacaque prefrontal cortexCerebral cortexDendritic shaftsSupragranular layersCortical circuitryCortical thicknessCortical mantleAssociation areasSynapse formationDay 47Selective increaseCortexSynapses