title: Laminar fate specification in the cerebral cortex.
abstract: The cerebral cortex is composed of hundreds of different types of neurons, which underlie its ability to perform highly complex neural processes. How this astonishing cell diversity is generated during development constitutes a major challenge in developmental neurosciences, with important implications for neurological diseases. Here we review some recent and exciting advances in this field, from the description of the cellular processes at the origin of cortical neuron diversity, to the dissection of the molecular logic underlying fate selection in cortical neurons.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (IRIBHM), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Campus Erasme, 808 Route de Lennik, B-1070 Brussels Belgium.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gaspard
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vanderhaeghen