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Nature Neuroscience 12, 1211 - 1212 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nn1009-1211

Regional control of cortical lamination

Ronald R Waclaw1 & Kenneth Campbell1

  1. The authors are at the Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Correspondence to: Kenneth Campbell1 e-mail: kenneth.campbell@cchmc.org


Laminar neuronal density varies between cortical areas; thus, the developmental specification of areas and layers needs to be coordinated. AP2gamma turns out to be an important regulator of upper layer development in occipital cortex.

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