2001
Neocortical expansion and elaboration during primate evolution: a view from neuroembryology
Rakic P, Kornack D. Neocortical expansion and elaboration during primate evolution: a view from neuroembryology. 2001, 30-56. DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511897085.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMammalian brain evolutionMammalian lineagesMammalian ancestorEvolutionary biologyPrimate evolutionEmbryonic developmentNeocortical evolutionLiving speciesBrain evolutionCortical evolutionNeocortical expansionAnthropoid primatesCellular mechanismsComparative anatomyNeuroembryologyPresent reviewRecent advancesEvolutionLineagesAncestorHuman mental capacitiesBiologyBrain massSpeciesPossible mechanism
2000
Radial Unit Hypothesis of Neocortical Expansion
Rakic P. Radial Unit Hypothesis of Neocortical Expansion. Novartis Foundation Symposia 2000, 228: 30-45. PMID: 10929315, DOI: 10.1002/0470846631.ch3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRadial unit hypothesisSpecies-specific sizeFamily of genesMutations of genesVentricular zoneMammalian evolutionFounder cellsNatural selectionRegulatory genesCell divisionMorphoregulatory moleculesPostmitotic cellsTransgenic animalsCortical plateCell deathNeocortical expansionGenesBasic organizationGlial scaffoldingColumnar unitsCortical cellsCerebral cortexCellsCortical developmentSynaptic connections
1995
A small step for the cell, a giant leap for mankind: a hypothesis of neocortical expansion during evolution
Rakic P. A small step for the cell, a giant leap for mankind: a hypothesis of neocortical expansion during evolution. Trends In Neurosciences 1995, 18: 383-388. PMID: 7482803, DOI: 10.1016/0166-2236(95)93934-p.Peer-Reviewed Original Research