Cerebral Cortex, Vol. 13, No. 6, 607-611,
June 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press
Neuronal Migration in the Developing Cerebral Cortex: Observations Based on Real-time Imaging
1 Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK and , 2 Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Address correspondence to Bagirathy Nadarajah, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK. Email: bagi{at}man.ac.uk.
We have used time-lapse imaging of acute cortical slices to study the migration of neurons from their sites of origin to their positions in the developing neocortex. We found that two distinct modes of cell movement, somal translocation and glia-guided locomotion, are responsible for the radial migration of neurons generated in the cortical ventricular zone. The former is the prevalent form of radial movement of the early-born cortical neurons, while the latter is adopted by those generated later in corticogenesis. Interneurons, found to originate in the ganglionic eminence, follow tangential migratory paths to reach the developing cortex. Upon reaching the cortex, these cells seek the ventricular zone using a mode of movement that we have termed ‘ventricle-directed migration’, before they migrate to their positions in the cortical plate. In addition to these forms of movement, we report here a unique morphological and migratory behavior for a population of cortical neurons. These cells are multipolar in form, and are highly motile in the formation and retraction of their processes. Based on these morphological features, we refer to this type of cells as ‘branching cells’ and attribute the phenotype to a subset of cortical interneurons.
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