Do cortical areas emerge from a protocortex?
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The adult mammalian neocortex consists of numerous 'areas' distinguished from one another largely on the basis of distinctions in cytoarchitecture and connections. The developing neocortex, though, lacks many of these area-specific distinctions, and is more uniform across its extent. This less differentiated structure, here termed the 'protocortex' undergoes considerable modification after neurogenesis which results in the emergence of well-defined neocortical areas. To what extent, then, are neocortical areas predetermined? This issue is considered in the context of recent findings on the generation of the neocortex and its subsequent parcellation into distinct areas.
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Cortical patterning is likely a result of intrinsic signaling, controlled in part by graded expression of transcription factors during early cortical development, followed by extrinsic signaling from thalamic afferents after the start of corticogenesis.
“Cortical patterning is likely a result of intrinsic signaling, controlled in part by graded expression of transcription factors during early cortical development, followed by extrinsic signaling from thalamic afferents after the start of corticogenesis46–49.”
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- O'Leary, D. D. M.
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- Trends in Neurosciences
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- 1989-01
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- 12
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- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Keywords
- neocortex development, cortical parcellation, cytoarchitecture, cortical connectivity, neurogenesis
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- Aging, Animals, Cerebral Cortex, Embryonic and Fetal Development
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