Ferret cortex before eye opening

General articles on cortical subplate:

• • ***THE SUBPLATE, A TRANSIENT NEOCORTICAL STRUCTURE: Role in the Its Development Connections of between Thalamus and Cortex. Allendoerfer and Shatz. Annu. Neurosci. 17.’185-218 Rev. 1994.

• The Subplate and Early Cortical Circuits, Patrick O. Kanold1 and Heiko J. Luhmann2, Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 2010. 33:23–48

• The Relationship Between the Geniculocortical Afferents and Their Cortical Target Cells During Development of the Cat’s Primary Visual Cortex. Carla J. Shatz and Marla B. Luskin The Journal of NeuroscienceDecember 1986 6(12): 3655-3668.

Articles on the ferret visual cortex:

• A Role for Intermediate Radial Glia in the Tangential Expansion of the Mammalian Cerebral Cortex. Isabel Reillo, Camino de Juan Romero, Miguel Angel Garcia-Cabezas and Victor Borrell. Cerebral Cortex 2010 doi:10.1093/cercor/bhq238

  • Visual Cortex Development in the Ferret. I. Genesis and Migration of Visual Cortical Neurons. Cheryl A. Jackson, Jean D. Peduzzi, and T. L. Hickey, The Journal of Neuroscience, April 1989, 9(4):1242-1253. To my knowledge, the world is still waiting for Part II.

  • ***Fates of Visual Cortical Neurons in the Ferret After lsochronic and Heterochronic Transplantation. Susan McConnell The Journal of Neuroscience, March 1988, 8(3): 945-974.

• Major Glutamatergic Projection From Subplate Into Visual Cortex During Development. E.M. FINNEY, J.R. STONE, AND C.J. SHATZ* THE JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY 398:105–118 (1998)

• Layer-specific programs of development in neocortical projection neurons FRANcIsco CLASCA*, ALESSANDRA ANGELUCCI, AND MRIGANKA SUR Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Vol. 92, pp. 11145-11149, November 1995