1998
Changes in cell-cycle kinetics during the development and evolution of primate neocortex
Kornack D, Rakic P. Changes in cell-cycle kinetics during the development and evolution of primate neocortex. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1998, 95: 1242-1246. PMID: 9448316, PMCID: PMC18732, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.3.1242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell divisionCell division cycleCell cycle kineticsProgenitor cell divisionCell cycle lengthCell cycle durationEvolutionary modificationsEvolutionary expansionCerebral ventricular zoneDevelopmental basisCell productionPrimate neocortexS-phase labelingAnthropoid primatesProgenitor cellsFetal rhesus monkeysNeurogenetic periodVentricular zoneNeocortical sizeCortical cellsNeurogenesisCortical developmentMonkey cortexTotal roundsCortical layers
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
1983
Overproduction and Elimination of Retinal Axons in the Fetal Rhesus Monkey
Rakic P, Riley K. Overproduction and Elimination of Retinal Axons in the Fetal Rhesus Monkey. Science 1983, 219: 1441-1444. PMID: 6828871, DOI: 10.1126/science.6828871.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGeniculo-Cortical Connections in Primates: Normal and Experimentally Altered Development
Rakic P. Geniculo-Cortical Connections in Primates: Normal and Experimentally Altered Development. Progress In Brain Research 1983, 58: 393-404. PMID: 6195694, DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)60042-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual cortexDorsal lateral geniculate nucleusFetal rhesus monkeysLateral geniculate nucleusCentral visual pathwaysPrimary visual cortexPrimate visual cortexSynaptic reorganizationCerebral cortexPrenatal mechanismsGeniculate nucleusAfferent connectionsAdult monkeysVisual pathwayRhesus monkeysAnatomical organizationExperimental modelCortexCongenital disorderNormal patternPathological developmentMonkeysColor visionSeries of studiesPrimates
1981
The genesis of efferent connections from the visual cortex of the fetal rhesus monkey
Shatz C, Rakic P. The genesis of efferent connections from the visual cortex of the fetal rhesus monkey. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1981, 196: 287-307. PMID: 7217358, DOI: 10.1002/cne.901960208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLateral geniculate nucleusInfragranular cortical layersFetal rhesus monkeysSuperior colliculusRhesus monkeysCortical projectionsPyramidal neuronsVisual cortexCortical layersSubcortical structuresDorsal lateral geniculate nucleusTopographic orderCell-poor zoneCorticogeniculate projectionsSuperficial grayAfferent pathwaysCortical efferentsCortical injectionsEfferent pathwaysCortical plateDendritic arborizationArea 17Pyramidal cellsEfferent connectionsGeniculate nucleus