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Pre- and post-mitotic events contribute to the progressive acquisition of area-specific connectional fate in the neocortex.
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) - 1 Nov 2001
Polleux F, Dehay C, Goffinet A, Kennedy H
Abstract excerpt
The adult primary motor cortex (area 6) is characterized by a stronger projection to the spinal cord than the primary somatosensory cortex (area 3). Here we have explored the progressive and regressive phenomena that determine these areal differences in the number of corticospinal neurons (CSNs). CSNs were birthdated with [(3)H]thymidine and subsequently retrogradely labeled from the spinal cord. The time window...
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