In mice, at about embryonic day (E) 8.5, these cells begin to take on the characteristics of radial glia. During the ensuing phase of neurogenesis, the radial glial cells divide asymmetrically to ...

Radial glia in the ventricular zone (VZ) of the developing cortex divide asymmetrically, producing a self-renewing radial glial cell that remains in the VZ and a cell that differentiates into a ...