2000
Identification of a multipotent astrocytic stem cell in the immature and adult mouse brain
Laywell E, Rakic P, Kukekov V, Holland E, Steindler D. Identification of a multipotent astrocytic stem cell in the immature and adult mouse brain. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2000, 97: 13883-13888. PMID: 11095732, PMCID: PMC17670, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.250471697.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral nervous systemNeural stem cellsAstrocyte monolayersMultipotent astrocytic stem cellsAstrocytic stem cellsPostnatal central nervous systemAdult mouse brainStem cellsCerebral cortexPostnatal wkSpinal cordAdult brainSubependymal zoneNervous systemEpendymal cellsMouse brainMammalian brainSpherical clonesCNS developmentBrainVivo identificationAstrocytesMature forebrainCritical periodCE cells
1997
Restrictive clonal allocation in the chimeric mouse brain
Kuan C, Elliott E, Flavell R, Rakic P. Restrictive clonal allocation in the chimeric mouse brain. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1997, 94: 3374-3379. PMID: 9096401, PMCID: PMC20377, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.7.3374.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain regionsChimeric mouse brainsMammalian cerebral cortexDifferent brain regionsCerebral cortexCerebral neocortexChimeric miceMouse brainChimeric brainsMammalian brainProgenitor cellsBrainClones of cellsNeocortexStem cellsBlastocyst embryosCellsDifferent subsetsVast majorityCell descendantsPrevious studiesCortexMice
1996
Spatiotemporal gradients of cell genesis in the primate retina.
Rapaport D, Rakic P, LaVail M. Spatiotemporal gradients of cell genesis in the primate retina. Perspectives On Developmental Neurobiology 1996, 3: 147-59. PMID: 8931090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineageMacaca mulattaMorphogenesisPigment Epithelium of EyeRetinaConceptsRetinal ganglion cellsGanglion cellsCell genesisMonkey retinal ganglion cellsLonger survival periodRetinal pigment epitheliumAmacrine cellsPrimate retinaMüller cellsSurvival periodMacaque retinaSoma diameterBipolar cellsPigment epitheliumRetinal structureHorizontal cellsMacaque monkeysVisual developmentCone photoreceptorsBrain structuresFunctional classRetinaProgenitor cellsRod photoreceptorsCardinal eventDevelopment of photoreceptor mosaics in the primate retina.
Wikler K, Rakic P. Development of photoreceptor mosaics in the primate retina. Perspectives On Developmental Neurobiology 1996, 3: 161-75. PMID: 8931091.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimate retinaPhotoreceptor mosaicAdult primate retinaCentral nervous systemRatio of rodsNervous systemRetinaTopographic arrangementRetinal coordinatesCone subtypesScotopic visionAvailable dataSubtypesTransient appearanceColor visionNeuronal arraysPhotoreceptor subtypesPhenotypePrimatesDifferent visual habitatsDifferent primatesRegional differencesPrimate species