2007
4.14 The Development and Evolutionary Expansion of the Cerebral Cortex in Primates
Rakic P, Kornack D. 4.14 The Development and Evolutionary Expansion of the Cerebral Cortex in Primates. 2007, 243-259. DOI: 10.1016/b0-12-370878-8/00004-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvolutionary expansionSpecies-specific sizeSmall genetic differencesCerebral cortexEvolutionary mechanismsMammalian speciesBrain evolutionCell cycleCellular eventsSpontaneous mutationsGenetic differencesRadial unit hypothesisRodent embryosBasic organizationModern neurobiologyEmbryosNew insightsNon-human primatesCorticogenesisHuman uniquenessBiological substratesCortexNeuronal interactionsEmbryogenesisHuman cerebrum
2001
Telencephalic origin of human thalamic GABAergic neurons
Letinic K, Rakic P. Telencephalic origin of human thalamic GABAergic neurons. Nature Neuroscience 2001, 4: 931-936. PMID: 11528425, DOI: 10.1038/nn0901-931.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-primate mammalian speciesHomeodomain-containing proteinMigratory pathwaysThalamic association nucleiVital dye labelingEvolutionary expansionMammalian speciesAssociation nucleiTelencephalic cellsRodent embryosGuidance cuesChemorepulsive cuesMigration assaysOrganotypic slice culturesDye labelingProliferative zoneNon-human primatesGABAergic neuronsDiencephalic neuronsPathwayDorsal thalamusTelencephalic originGanglionic eminenceSlice culturesNeurons