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Nature Reviews Neuroscience 9, 110-122 (February 2008) | doi:10.1038/nrn2252

Development of the human cerebral cortex: Boulder Committee revisited

Irina Bystron1,2, Colin Blakemore1 & Pasko Rakic3  About the authors

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In 1970 the Boulder Committee described the basic principles of the development of the CNS, derived from observations on the human embryonic cerebrum. Since then, numerous studies have significantly advanced our knowledge of the timing, sequence and complexity of developmental events, and revealed important inter-species differences. We review current data on the development of the human cerebral cortex and update the classical model of how the structure that makes us human is formed.

Author affiliations

  1. Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PT, UK.
  2. Department of Morphology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, St Petersburg, 197376, Russia.
  3. Department of Neurobiology and Kavli Institute of Neuroscience, Yale University Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut 208001, USA.

Correspondence to: Pasko Rakic3 Email: pasko.rakic@yale.edu

Correspondence to: Irina Bystron1,2 Email: irina.bystron@dpag.ox.ac.uk

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