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
2000
Radial Unit Hypothesis of Neocortical Expansion
Rakic P. Radial Unit Hypothesis of Neocortical Expansion. Novartis Foundation Symposia 2000, 228: 30-45. PMID: 10929315, DOI: 10.1002/0470846631.ch3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRadial unit hypothesisSpecies-specific sizeFamily of genesMutations of genesVentricular zoneMammalian evolutionFounder cellsNatural selectionRegulatory genesCell divisionMorphoregulatory moleculesPostmitotic cellsTransgenic animalsCortical plateCell deathNeocortical expansionGenesBasic organizationGlial scaffoldingColumnar unitsCortical cellsCerebral cortexCellsCortical developmentSynaptic connections
1998
Changes in cell-cycle kinetics during the development and evolution of primate neocortex
Kornack D, Rakic P. Changes in cell-cycle kinetics during the development and evolution of primate neocortex. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1998, 95: 1242-1246. PMID: 9448316, PMCID: PMC18732, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.3.1242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell divisionCell division cycleCell cycle kineticsProgenitor cell divisionCell cycle lengthCell cycle durationEvolutionary modificationsEvolutionary expansionCerebral ventricular zoneDevelopmental basisCell productionPrimate neocortexS-phase labelingAnthropoid primatesProgenitor cellsFetal rhesus monkeysNeurogenetic periodVentricular zoneNeocortical sizeCortical cellsNeurogenesisCortical developmentMonkey cortexTotal roundsCortical layers
1995
A small step for the cell, a giant leap for mankind: a hypothesis of neocortical expansion during evolution
Rakic P. A small step for the cell, a giant leap for mankind: a hypothesis of neocortical expansion during evolution. Trends In Neurosciences 1995, 18: 383-388. PMID: 7482803, DOI: 10.1016/0166-2236(95)93934-p.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1985
DNA Synthesis and Cell Division in the Adult Primate Braina
RAKIC P. DNA Synthesis and Cell Division in the Adult Primate Braina. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences 1985, 457: 193-211. PMID: 3913364, DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1985.tb20806.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostembryonic neurogenesisNonmammalian vertebratesCell divisionDNA precursorsPrimate central nervous systemStable populationDNA synthesisNonprimate mammalsCentral nervous systemMature primatesNeuronal additionGlial cellsNervous systemAdult monkeysRetention of memoryAutoradiographic analysisMultiple injectionsVertebratesDevelopmental periodMammalsVariable degreesNeuronsJuvenilesNeurogenesisTurnover
1981
Coexistence of neuronal and glial precursor cells in the cerebral ventricular zone of the fetal monkey: an ultrastructural immunoperoxidase analysis
Levitt P, Cooper M, Rakic P. Coexistence of neuronal and glial precursor cells in the cerebral ventricular zone of the fetal monkey: an ultrastructural immunoperoxidase analysis. Journal Of Neuroscience 1981, 1: 27-39. PMID: 7050307, PMCID: PMC6564162, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.01-01-00027.1981.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlial fibrillary acid proteinLast cell divisionCell divisionRadial glial cellsNeuronal cell lineAcid proteinCerebral ventricular zoneEmbryonic day 80Proliferative zoneGlial precursor cellsMitotic cycleCell typesPeak of neurogenesisPrecursor cellsCell linesVentricular zoneElectron microscopic levelFetal monkeysProliferative cellsGlial cellsSubventricular zoneOccipital lobePhenotypic expressionCytological compositionDistinct classes
1977
Genesis of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus in the rhesus monkey: Site and time of origin, kinetics of proliferation, routes of migration and pattern of distribution of neurons
Rakic P. Genesis of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus in the rhesus monkey: Site and time of origin, kinetics of proliferation, routes of migration and pattern of distribution of neurons. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1977, 176: 23-52. PMID: 409739, DOI: 10.1002/cne.901760103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLateral geniculate bodyH3-TdRAnalysis of embryosExamination of embryosLast cell divisionGeneration of neuronsCell divisionCellular fasciclesPostmitotic cellsThird ventricleTime of originRoute of migrationPattern of distributionRhesus monkeysDorsal lateral geniculate bodyPrecursor neuronsDorsal lateral geniculate nucleusKinetics of proliferationEarly postnatal daysLateral geniculate nucleusVentricular zoneGerminal zoneProliferative unitsMonths of gestationEmbryos