2009
Integration of neuronal clones in the radial cortical columns by EphA and ephrin-A signalling
Torii M, Hashimoto-Torii K, Levitt P, Rakic P. Integration of neuronal clones in the radial cortical columns by EphA and ephrin-A signalling. Nature 2009, 461: 524-528. PMID: 19759535, PMCID: PMC2874978, DOI: 10.1038/nature08362.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeocortical excitatory neuronsRadial glial fibersColumnar organizationEphA/ephrinCerebral cortexFunctional impairmentNeuronal clonesExcitatory neuronsGlial fibersTangential migrationCortical columnsNeural progenitorsCircuit developmentEphrinProliferative unitsPopulationClonal populationsCortexNeurons
1988
Specification of Cerebral Cortical Areas
Rakic P. Specification of Cerebral Cortical Areas. Science 1988, 241: 170-176. PMID: 3291116, DOI: 10.1126/science.3291116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytoarchitectonic areasCerebral ventricleEmbryonic cerebral ventriclesCerebral cortical areasHuman cerebral neocortexRadial unit hypothesisNeural transplantsReceptor autoradiographyAfferent inputCerebral neocortexCortical disordersGlial guidesCortical developmentCortical areasEpendymal layerProliferative unitsCell proliferationNeurobiological techniquesVentriclePhenotypic expressionLineage relationshipsCerebral evolutionRetrovirus gene transferGene transferTransplant
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