Primate corticogenesis is characterized by a number of unique features including the existence of a unique germinal zone, the outer subventricular zone, which is largely responsible for the generation ...

The review examines the current state of knowledge concerning the regulation of the cell cycle in the CNS during development and in the adult. Several key points emerge from the assembled evidence.

• Background Higher plants are, like animals, organisms in which successful completion of the cell cycle requires the breakdown and reformation of the nuclear envelope in a highly controlled manner.