How the immense population of neurons that constitute the human cerebral neocortex is
generated from progenitors lining the cerebral ventricle and then distributed to appropriate …

… Pasko Rakic is at by which the neocortex expanded in surface area during … /ayers, they
settle at the interface between the developing cortical p/ate (CP) and the marginal zone (MZ) ond, …

The enlargement and species-specific elaboration of the cerebral neocortex during evolution
holds the secret to the mental abilities of humans; however, the genetic origin and cellular …

… 26 synapses per 100 p.m2 inthe prefrontal cortex (Fig. 2C) to 34 synapses per 100 p.m2 in …
The value of 15 to 20 synapses per 100 p.m2 of neuropil may be structurally, metabolically, or …

… The leading processes, 50 to 70 p long, are irregular cytoplasmic cylinders containing
prominent … Throughout the 3500 p pathway across the intermediate zone the migrating cells are …

PROGRAMMED cell death (apoptosis) is a prominent feature of the development of the
immune and nervous systems 1,2 . The identification of the Caenorhabditis elegans cell death …

Caspases are essential components of the mammalian cell death machinery. Here we test
the hypothesis that Caspase 9 (Casp9) is a critical upstream activator of caspases through …

… E59and E104, coinciding with the completion of cortical neurogenesis and cell migration (P. …
the plate (Goldman-Rakic, 1981; Schwartz and Goldman-Rakic, 1991). Anterograde tracing …

… p-chloromercuriphenylsulfonic acid (p-CMPS), which inhibits glutamate uptake by astrocytes
(19). The addition of 10 to 30 pM p-… However, the addition of 100 [tM p-CMPS significantly …

… , ’66; Rakic, ’70). While studying development of the human cerebellar cortex (Rakic and
Sidman, … Rakic, P. Golgi and electronmicroscopic cytology of migrating granule cells during late …