1999
Illusive transience of parvalbumin expression duringembryonic development of the primate spinal cord
Knyihár‐csillik E, Rakic P, Csillik B. Illusive transience of parvalbumin expression duringembryonic development of the primate spinal cord. International Journal Of Developmental Neuroscience 1999, 17: 79-97. PMID: 10221668, DOI: 10.1016/s0736-5748(98)00090-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNerve cellsSpinal cordLarge dorsal root ganglion cellsDorsal root ganglion cellsYoung adult macaque monkeysPrimate spinal cordUpper dorsal hornDorsal root axonsPrimary sensory neuronsSpinal reflex pathwaysElectron microscopic immunohistochemical techniquesAdult macaque monkeysParvalbumin-positive terminalsLong axonal processesDorsal hornMonkey fetusesDorsal columnsReflex pathwaysGanglion cellsClarke's nucleusAxon terminalsIntercellular networkMotoneuron poolSensory neuronsSynaptic terminals
1997
Early divergence of magnocellular and parvocellular functional subsystems in the embryonic primate visual system
Meissirel C, Wikler K, Chalupa L, Rakic P. Early divergence of magnocellular and parvocellular functional subsystems in the embryonic primate visual system. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1997, 94: 5900-5905. PMID: 9159172, PMCID: PMC20878, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.11.5900.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 ResearchConceptsRetinal 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 event
1994
An array of early differentiating cones precedes the emergence of the photoreceptor mosaic in the fetal monkey retina.
Wikler K, Rakic P. An array of early differentiating cones precedes the emergence of the photoreceptor mosaic in the fetal monkey retina. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1994, 91: 6534-6538. PMID: 7912829, PMCID: PMC44237, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.14.6534.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFetal monkey retinaMonkey retinaRetinal ganglion cellsSubset of conesRed/green opsinImportant developmental markersGanglion cellsPrimate retinaGreen-sensitive conesDistinct antigensPhotoreceptor phenotypeRetinaMonoclonal antibodiesPhotoreceptor mosaicCone differentiationDevelopmental markersAntibodiesImmature regionsSame patternGreen opsinsAntigenSynaptogenesisSubset
1987
Development of the rhesus monkey retina: II. A three‐dimensional analysis of the sequences o synaptic combinations in the inner plexiform layer
Nishimura Y, Rakic P. Development of the rhesus monkey retina: II. A three‐dimensional analysis of the sequences o synaptic combinations in the inner plexiform layer. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1987, 262: 290-313. PMID: 3624556, DOI: 10.1002/cne.902620209.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInner plexiform layerAmacrine cell processesGanglion cell dendritesRibbon synapsesGanglion cellsPlexiform layerCell dendritesSerial electron microscopic sectionsBipolar cell axonsRhesus monkey retinaFetal rhesus monkeysGanglion cell processesLocal neuronal circuitsCell processesElectron microscopic sectionsSynaptic microcircuitryMonkey retinaInterplexiform cellsPresynaptic sitesPostsynaptic elementsPrimate retinaCell axonsConventional synapsesNeuronal contactsBipolar cells
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