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Regional control of cortical lamination

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Laminar neuronal density varies between cortical areas; thus, the developmental specification of areas and layers needs to be coordinated. AP2γ turns out to be an important regulator of upper layer development in occipital cortex.

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Figure 1: Regional laminar defects in the cortex of AP2γ conditional knockout mice.

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