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CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 42, Issue -, Pages 61-67Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2016.11.007
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [T32 GM007618] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [R35 NS097305, R01 NS075998] Funding Source: Medline
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The evolution of the human brain has been characterized by an increase in the size of the neocortex. Underlying this expansion is a significant increase in the number of neurons produced by neural stem cells during early stages of cortical development. Here we highlight recent advances in our understating of these cell populations, consisting of ventricular radial glia and outer radial glia. We highlight how gene expression studies have identified molecular signatures for radial glial cell populations and outline what has been learned about the mechanisms underlying the characteristic mode of division observed in outer radial glia cells, mitotic somal translocation. Understanding the significance of this behavior may help us explain human cortical expansion and further elucidate neurodevelopmental diseases.
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