Patterns of neural stem and progenitor cell division may underlie evolutionary cortical expansion
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- 11 October 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Reviews Neuroscience
- Vol. 7 (11) , 883-890
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn2008
Abstract
The dramatic evolutionary expansion of the cerebral cortex of Homo sapiens underlies our unique higher cortical functions, and therefore bears on the ultimate issue of what makes us human. Recent insights into developmental events during early proliferative stages of cortical development indicate how neural stem and progenitor cells might interact to produce cortical expansion during development, and could shed light on evolutionary changes in cortical structure.Keywords
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