Human-specific ARHGAP11B induces hallmarks of neocortical expansion in developing ferret neocortex

Human-Specific NOTCH2NL Genes Expand Cortical Neurogenesis through Delta/Notch Regulation

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Human-Specific NOTCH2NL Genes Affect Notch Signaling and Cortical Neurogenesis

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Insm1 Induces Neural Progenitor Delamination in Developing Neocortex via Downregulation of the Adherens Junction Belt-Specific Protein Plekha7

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Dogs Have the Most Neurons, Though Not the Largest Brain: Trade-Off between Body Mass and Number of Neurons in the Cerebral Cortex of Large Carnivoran Species

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Folding of the Cerebral Cortex Requires Cdk5 in Upper-Layer Neurons in Gyrencephalic Mammals

(2017) Yohei Shinmyo et al.   Cell Reports

Gyrification of the cerebral cortex requires FGF signaling in the mammalian brain

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The evolution and population diversity of human-specific segmental duplications

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2D and 3D Stem Cell Models of Primate Cortical Development Identify Species-Specific Differences in Progenitor Behavior Contributing to Brain Size

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Cerebral cortex expansion and folding: what have we learned?

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CRISPR/Cas9‐induced disruption of gene expression in mouse embryonic brain and single neural stem cellsin vivo

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A restricted period for formation of outer subventricular zone defined by Cdh1 and Trnp1 levels

(2016) Maria Ángeles Martínez-Martínez et al.   Nature Communications

A single splice site mutation in human-specific ARHGAP11B causes basal progenitor amplification

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Generating Neuronal Diversity in the Mammalian Cerebral Cortex

(2015) Simona Lodato et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Mammalian Brains Are Made of These: A Dataset of the Numbers and Densities of Neuronal and Nonneuronal Cells in the Brain of Glires, Primates, Scandentia, Eulipotyphlans, Afrotherians and Artiodactyls, and Their Relationship with Body Mass

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Molecular Identity of Human Outer Radial Glia during Cortical Development

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S-phase duration is the main target of cell cycle regulation in neural progenitors of developing ferret neocortex

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Neuronal Migration Dynamics in the Developing Ferret Cortex

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Human-specific gene ARHGAP11B promotes basal progenitor amplification and neocortex expansion

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Sustained Pax6 Expression Generates Primate-like Basal Radial Glia in Developing Mouse Neocortex

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Molecular investigations of the brain of higher mammals using gyrencephalic carnivore ferrets

(2014) Hiroshi Kawasaki   NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH

3′ UTR-Dependent, miR-92-Mediated Restriction of Tis21 Expression Maintains Asymmetric Neural Stem Cell Division to Ensure Proper Neocortex Size

(2014) Ji-Feng Fei et al.   Cell Reports

An Adaptive Threshold in Mammalian Neocortical Evolution

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Fine-Tuning of Neurogenesis is Essential for the Evolutionary Expansion of the Cerebral Cortex

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Cortical Evolution: Judge the Brain by Its Cover

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Precursor Diversity and Complexity of Lineage Relationships in the Outer Subventricular Zone of the Primate

(2013) Marion Betizeau et al.   NEURON

Cell Cycle-Dependent Rho GTPase Activity Dynamically Regulates Cancer Cell Motility and Invasion In Vivo

(2013) Yoshinori Kagawa et al.   PLoS One

Mitotic spindle orientation predicts outer radial glial cell generation in human neocortex

(2013) Bridget E. LaMonica et al.   Nature Communications

POU-III Transcription Factors (Brn1, Brn2, and Oct6) Influence Neurogenesis, Molecular Identity, and Migratory Destination of Upper-Layer Cells of the Cerebral Cortex

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PHYLOGENETIC COMPARISON OF NEURON AND GLIA DENSITIES IN THE PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX AND HIPPOCAMPUS OF CARNIVORES AND PRIMATES

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(2012) Hiroshi Kawasaki et al.   Molecular Brain

In vivo genetic manipulation of cortical progenitors in gyrencephalic carnivores using in utero electroporation

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Germinal Zones in the Developing Cerebral Cortex of Ferret: Ontogeny, Cell Cycle Kinetics, and Diversity of Progenitors

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Oblique Radial Glial Divisions in the Developing Mouse Neocortex Induce Self-Renewing Progenitors outside the Germinal Zone That Resemble Primate Outer Subventricular Zone Progenitors

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A new subtype of progenitor cell in the mouse embryonic neocortex

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Neural stem and progenitor cells shorten S-phase on commitment to neuron production

(2011) Yoko Arai et al.   Nature Communications

A Role for Intermediate Radial Glia in the Tangential Expansion of the Mammalian Cerebral Cortex

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OSVZ progenitors of human and ferret neocortex are epithelial-like and expand by integrin signaling

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Cdk4/CyclinD1 Overexpression in Neural Stem Cells Shortens G1, Delays Neurogenesis, and Promotes the Generation and Expansion of Basal Progenitors

(2009) Christian Lange et al.   Cell Stem Cell

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(2009) Frederico A.C. Azevedo et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Evolution of the neocortex: a perspective from developmental biology

(2009) Pasko Rakic   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Characterization of Brain Development in the Ferret via MRI

(2009) Alan R Barnette et al.   PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

Forced G1-phase reduction alters mode of division, neuron number, and laminar phenotype in the cerebral cortex

(2009) L.-J. Pilaz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Human fetal radial glia cells generate oligodendrocytesin vitro

(2008) Zhicheng Mo et al.   GLIA

Satb2 Is a Postmitotic Determinant for Upper-Layer Neuron Specification in the Neocortex

(2008) Olga Britanova et al.   NEURON

Satb2 Regulates Callosal Projection Neuron Identity in the Developing Cerebral Cortex

(2008) Elizabeth A. Alcamo et al.   NEURON