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
1983
Early divergence and changing proportions of neuronal and glial precursor cells in the primate cerebral ventricular zone
Levitt P, Cooper M, Rakic P. Early divergence and changing proportions of neuronal and glial precursor cells in the primate cerebral ventricular zone. Developmental Biology 1983, 96: 472-484. PMID: 6339301, DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(83)90184-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlial fibrillary acidic proteinVentricular zoneRhesus monkey fetusesPrecursor cellsFibrillary acidic proteinGFA-positive cellsCerebral ventricular zoneGlial precursor cellsNeuronal precursor cellsMonkey fetusesGestational periodProliferative ventricular zoneOccipital lobePrimate brainImmunocytochemical stainingAcidic proteinMitotic figuresCellular compositionEmbryonic ageCellsElectron microscopic analysisEarly divergenceFetusesPresent resultsNeurons