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Radial glial cells. are they really glia?
1Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom. j.parnavelas@ucl.ac.uk
Neuron
|October 3, 2001
Abstract:
During the development of the cerebral cortex, radial glia serve as a scaffold to support and direct neurons during their migration. This view is now changing in the light of emerging evidence showing that these cells have a much more dynamic and diverse role. A recent series of studies has provided strong support for their role as precursor cells in the ventricular zone that generate cortical neurons and glia, in addition to providing migration guidance.