1994
Early neurogenesis in the anterior hypothalamus of the rhesus monkey
van Eerdenburg F, Rakic P. Early neurogenesis in the anterior hypothalamus of the rhesus monkey. Brain Research 1994, 79: 290-296. PMID: 7955328, DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(94)90134-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnterior hypothalamusRhesus monkeysNeurogenetic gradientsPrimate hypothalamusParaventricular nucleusGestational periodVentral gradientSupraoptic nucleusMonkey neuronsHypothalamusNeuronal generationNeuronsEarly neurogenesisSpecific nucleiNeurogenesisMonkeysEarly stagesSpecific differencesGestationNucleusWeeks
1992
Neurogenesis of the amygdaloid nuclear complex in the Rhesus monkey
Kordower J, Piecinski P, Rakic P. Neurogenesis of the amygdaloid nuclear complex in the Rhesus monkey. Brain Research 1992, 68: 9-15. PMID: 1521327, DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(92)90242-o.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmygdaloid complexRhesus monkeysAmygdaloid nucleusEmbryonic day 27Early postmitotic neuronsEarly postnatal periodAmygdaloid nuclear complexPregnant monkeysDays gestationPostnatal periodTemporal lobeVentral gradientDay 27Postmitotic neuronsNeurogenesisFirst neuronsNeuronsThymidine autoradiographyPrimate developmentMonkeysGestationNuclear complexTime coursePatterns of connectivityNeuroanatomical subdivisions
1990
Developmental history of the transient subplate zone in the visual and somatosensory cortex of the macaque monkey and human brain
Kostovic I, Rakic P. Developmental history of the transient subplate zone in the visual and somatosensory cortex of the macaque monkey and human brain. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1990, 297: 441-470. PMID: 2398142, DOI: 10.1002/cne.902970309.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubplate zoneTransient subplate zoneCortical plateSomatosensory cortexSubcortical white matterSubplate neuronsBasal forebrainBrain stemContralateral cerebralGlial cellsPostmigratory neuronsSomatosensory areaFetal brainOccipital lobeCerebral convolutionsCerebral wallFiber terminalsHuman fetusesWhite matterMacaque monkeysVisual areasCortexGestationFiber-rich layersHistochemical methodsNeurogenesis of the magnocellular basal forebrain nuclei in the rhesus monkey
Kordower J, Rakic P. Neurogenesis of the magnocellular basal forebrain nuclei in the rhesus monkey. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1990, 291: 637-653. PMID: 2329194, DOI: 10.1002/cne.902910410.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasal forebrain nucleiMagnocellular basal forebrain nucleiBasal forebrainForebrain nucleiRhesus monkeysAnterior basal forebrainEmbryonic day 27Early postnatal periodPeak of neurogenesisCortical-cortical connectionsNucleus basalisNeurogenic gradientCortical neuronsDays gestationMagnocellular neuronsPostnatal periodTarget neuronsNeuronal genesisCortical mantleMagnocellular nucleusPregnant animalsDay 27Intermediate divisionGestationPosterior division
1983
Regulation of axon number in primate optic nerve by prenatal binocular competition
Rakic P, Riley K. Regulation of axon number in primate optic nerve by prenatal binocular competition. Nature 1983, 305: 135-137. PMID: 6888556, DOI: 10.1038/305135a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOptic nerveAge-matched control animalsPrimate optic nerveMature rhesus monkeysOptic axonsAxon numberEarly lesionsRetinal axonsControl animalsSupernumerary fibresBrain areasSynaptic territoryRhesus monkeysBinocular competitionNerveEyesAxonsMonkeysNormal processVisual experienceGestationLesions
1981
The prenatal development of the pulvinar in the monkey: 3H-thymidine autoradiographic and morphometric analyses
Ogren M, Rakic P. The prenatal development of the pulvinar in the monkey: 3H-thymidine autoradiographic and morphometric analyses. Brain Structure And Function 1981, 162: 1-20. PMID: 7283168, DOI: 10.1007/bf00318090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulvinar neuronsSubpopulation of neuronsAdjacent thalamic nucleiThirds of gestationMorphometric analysisSite of originSeries of animalsLateral pulvinarAfferent inputMedial pulvinarThalamic nucleiSubventricular zoneTelencephalic originThird ventricleLateral aspectCytoarchitectonic boundariesHuman pulvinarPulvinarNeuronsEmbryonic dayThymidine autoradiographyPrenatal developmentHistological sectionsMonkeysGestation
1979
Arrested proliferation of radial glial cells during midgestation in rhesus monkey
SCHMECHEL D, RAKIC P. Arrested proliferation of radial glial cells during midgestation in rhesus monkey. Nature 1979, 277: 303-305. PMID: 105294, DOI: 10.1038/277303a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRadial glial cellsGlial cellsPial surfaceCerebral cortexGlial natureOccipital lobeTelencephalic wallEpendymal cellsGlial fibersRhesus monkeysNeuronal migrationCell classesAutoradiographic analysisVentricular surfaceAstrocytesTwo-thirdsMidgestationPresent studyCellsProliferationGestationPostnatalCerebrumCortexMonths
1976
Prenatal genesis of connections subserving ocular dominance in the rhesus monkey
Rakic P. Prenatal genesis of connections subserving ocular dominance in the rhesus monkey. Nature 1976, 261: 467-471. PMID: 819835, DOI: 10.1038/261467a0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1969
Telencephalic origin of pulvinar neurons in the fetal human brain
Rakić P, Sidman R. Telencephalic origin of pulvinar neurons in the fetal human brain. Brain Structure And Function 1969, 129: 53-82. PMID: 4186810, DOI: 10.1007/bf00521955.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulvinar neuronsWeeks of gestationPrevious autoradiographic studiesEnd of gestationRapid Golgi methodFetal human brainSerial horizontal sectionsNumerous proliferating cellsCorpus striatumYoung neuronsLateral ventricleHuman thalamusTelencephalic originThird ventricleNeuron productionSulcus terminalisBipolar cellsGanglionic eminenceAutoradiographic studyPulvinarImmature cellsGolgi methodGestationBrain fragmentsNeurons