Arnold Kriegstein (UCSF) discusses differences in proliferative zones of human and mouse, and his group's discovery of a novel class of neurogenic radial glia in the outer subventricular zone of human neocortex, which  may have provided a critical evolutionary step underlying increased  cortical size and complexity in the human brain.

Duration: 43 minutes

Discussants:(in alphabetical order)

Gary Gaufo (Assoc Prof, UTSA

Annie Lin (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Salma Quraishi (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Charles Wilson (Professor, UTSA)

acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.

Recorded: Thursday, December 12, 2013