How the developing human brain takes instructions: Two studies reveal what guides its most important stem cells

As the human brain takes shape before birth, a remarkable type of stem cell helps give it many of the features that make it distinctly human. These cells, called radial glia, make billions of decisions that determine which kinds of brain cells are created, when they appear and how the cortex—the seat of thought, memory and language—takes form.

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