Abstract
Studies of spontaneous mutant mice with neurological phenotypes, particularly the cloning and analysis of the genes responsible, are shedding light on the complex processes that lead to formation of the deceptively simple layered structure of the cerebral cortex.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Cerebral Cortex / abnormalities
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Cerebral Cortex / anatomy & histology*
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Cerebral Cortex / embryology
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Cloning, Molecular
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Embryonic and Fetal Development
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Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
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Mice
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Mice, Neurologic Mutants
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Neurons / cytology*