2009
Exocyst is involved in polarized cell migration and cerebral cortical development
Letinic K, Sebastian R, Toomre D, Rakic P. Exocyst is involved in polarized cell migration and cerebral cortical development. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2009, 106: 11342-11347. PMID: 19549839, PMCID: PMC2708724, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0904244106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell migrationDelivery of vesiclesNeuronal migrationVesicle tetheringExocyst complexMembrane trafficExocytic pathwayProtein complexesExocytic processExocystSpatial regulationEmbryonic developmentVesicle exocytosisSecretory vesiclesPlasma membraneTIRF microscopyPostmitotic cellsCortical neuronal migrationProper developmentCerebral cortical developmentWound assaysExocytosisVesiclesMembraneCells
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
1988
Nature and fate of proliferative cells in the hippocampal dentate gyrus during the life span of the rhesus monkey
Eckenhoff M, Rakic P. Nature and fate of proliferative cells in the hippocampal dentate gyrus during the life span of the rhesus monkey. Journal Of Neuroscience 1988, 8: 2729-2747. PMID: 3411351, PMCID: PMC6569394, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.08-08-02729.1988.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProliferative cellsMitotic divisionPostmitotic cellsUltra-structural characteristicsPossible functionsElectron microscopic levelStable populationGlial fibrillary acidic proteinNeuronal cellsStem cellsJuvenile periodMajor classesMature primatesSubgranular zoneDentate gyrusGlial cellsLife spanCellsGFAP-negative cellsFateRhesus monkeysAcidic proteinNew neuronsPostpubertal animalsFibrillary acidic protein
1978
Development of the interpeduncular nucleus in the midbrain of rhesus monkey and human
Lenn N, Halfon N, Rakic P. Development of the interpeduncular nucleus in the midbrain of rhesus monkey and human. Brain Structure And Function 1978, 152: 273-289. PMID: 418705, DOI: 10.1007/bf00350525.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterpeduncular nucleusIPN neuronsRhesus monkeysCarnegie stages 17Histological preparationsNon-human primatesNeuronal sizeIntrauterine lifeCerebral aqueductPostmitotic cellsVentral midbrainGolgi impregnationNissl substanceDay 36Stage 17Golgi methodExperimental modelNeuronsNeuronal differentiationAutoradiographic methodAutoradiographic analysisVentricular surfaceMonkeysFinal cell divisionFetuses
1977
Genesis of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus in the rhesus monkey: Site and time of origin, kinetics of proliferation, routes of migration and pattern of distribution of neurons
Rakic P. Genesis of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus in the rhesus monkey: Site and time of origin, kinetics of proliferation, routes of migration and pattern of distribution of neurons. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1977, 176: 23-52. PMID: 409739, DOI: 10.1002/cne.901760103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLateral geniculate bodyH3-TdRAnalysis of embryosExamination of embryosLast cell divisionGeneration of neuronsCell divisionCellular fasciclesPostmitotic cellsThird ventricleTime of originRoute of migrationPattern of distributionRhesus monkeysDorsal lateral geniculate bodyPrecursor neuronsDorsal lateral geniculate nucleusKinetics of proliferationEarly postnatal daysLateral geniculate nucleusVentricular zoneGerminal zoneProliferative unitsMonths of gestationEmbryos