9 Brainy Facts About the Neocortex
Table Of Content Extended Data Fig. 12 PCDHγ removal does not affect the basic membrane properties of neocortical excitatory neurons. What are the Layers of the Neocortex? Common principles between avian, reptilian and mammalian circuits? Neurogenesis by Radial Glia The Radial Unit Hypothesis Development and Evolution of the Human Neocortex Novel insights about the diversity of progenitor cells and how their neuronal output contributes to build the cerebral cortex are also emerging. Beyond these anatomical differences, even the function of oRG cells has been proposed to be different between human and ferret. In contrast, experiments in the ferret show little evidence for this neurogenic lineage in the OSVZ. Instead, oRG (or IRG) cells served mainly to expand the radial scaffold for neuronal migration and mostly gave rise to astrocytes (Reillo et al., 2010). If these observations are confirmed, the neurogenic and scaffolding roles of RG may need to be considered separately when conn...