Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: The cerebral cortex is composed of hundreds of different types of neurons, which underlie its ability to perform highly complex neural processes. How this astonishing cell diversity is generated during development constitutes a major challenge in developmental neurosciences, with important implications for neurological diseases. Here we review some recent and exciting advances in this field, from the description of the cellular processes at the origin of cortical neuron diversity, to the dissection of the molecular logic underlying fate selection in cortical neurons.
Source: F1000 Biology Reports
DOI: 10.3410/b3-6
Authors: Nicolas Gaspard, Pierre Vanderhaeghen
Institution: Université Libre de Bruxelles
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2056885206