1991
Growth cone distribution patterns in the optic nerve of fetal monkeys: implications for mechanisms of axon guidance
Williams R, Borodkin M, Rakic P. Growth cone distribution patterns in the optic nerve of fetal monkeys: implications for mechanisms of axon guidance. Journal Of Neuroscience 1991, 11: 1081-1094. PMID: 1901353, PMCID: PMC6575387, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.11-04-01081.1991.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOptic nervePia materGrowth conesMonkey optic nerveGlial end feetPeripheral gradientFetal monkeysEnd feetAxon ingrowthNerveQuantitative electron microscopic methodsPossible associationOlder axonsDay 39Single fasciclePrenatal developmentTemporal edgeBasal laminaFasciclesAxon guidanceAxonsEarly phaseCell generationMonkeysMater
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
1977
Prenatal development of the visual system in rhesus monkey
Rakic P, Barlow H, Gaze R. Prenatal development of the visual system in rhesus monkey. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 1977, 278: 245-260. PMID: 19781, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1977.0040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLateral geniculate bodyRetinal ganglion cellsSuperior colliculusOcular dominance columnsLayer IVFirst retinal ganglion cellsRhesus monkeysDorsal lateral geniculate bodySegregation of afferentsPrenatal developmentAnterograde axoplasmic transportEarly postnatal daysProduction of neuronsPrimary visual cortexJuvenile rhesus monkeysSC projectionsEye injectionTransneuronal transportGeniculate bodyCortical plateGanglion cellsGeniculocortical axonsOptic radiationPostnatal dayOcular dominance