%0 Journal Article
%T SMI-32 labeling in Cajal-Retzius cells of feline primary visual cortex.
%A Merkulyeva N
%A Mikhalkin A
%J Neurosci Lett
%V 762
%N 0
%D 09 2021 25
%M 34371123
%F 3.197
%R 10.1016/j.neulet.2021.136165
%X Cajal-Retzius cells are one of the transient elements of the developing cerebral cortex. These cells express some characteristic molecules. One of them, heavy-chain neurofilaments, participating in the construction of the mature cerebral networks, are believed to be a specific feature of the human's Cajal-Retzius cells. Using histochemical stain for SMI-32 antibody to the non-phosphorylated heavy-chain neurofilaments, large neurons having horizontally oriented soma and bipolar processes were labeled in the molecular layer of the primary visual cortex of cats aged 0-2 postnatal days. Using DiI technique, similar neurons having a well-developed system of parallel vertical branches coming from the two horizontal processes were visualized in these areas. The location and general morphology of these neurons were similar to the Cajal-Retzius cells allowing to suppose for the carnivores to share similar with primates developmental mechanisms of the corticogenesis.