Macaque brain development timeline


;Species: Macaca mulatta
;Family: Cercopithecidae
; Order: Primates
;Gestation: 165 days
Dates in days
DayEventReference
30retinal ganglion cell generation - start of neurogenesisRobinson and Dreher
30magnocellular basal forebrain - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
30superficial superior collicus laminae - start of neurogenesisRobinson and Dreher
30raphe complex - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
32locus coeruleus - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
35posterior commissure appearsAshwell et al.
35.5medial forebrain bundle appearsAshwell et al.
36dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus - start of neurogenesisRobinson and Dreher
36optic axons at chiasm of optic tractDunlop et al.
38deep cerebellar nuclei - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
38amygdala - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
39Purkinje cells - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
39substantia nigra - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
39.5subplate - start of neurogenesisRobinson and Dreher
39.5subplate -start of neurogenesisRobinson and Dreher
40internal capsule appearsAshwell et al.
40external capsule appearsAshwell et al.
40fasciculus retroflexus appearsAshwell et al.
40retinal horizontal cells - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
41superior colliculus - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
43subplate - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
43dLGN -peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
43dLGN- end of neurogenesisRobinson and Dreher
43retinal ganglion cells - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
43inferior colliculus - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
45neurogenesis cortical layer VI - start of neurogenesisRobinson and Dreher
45septal nuclei - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
45 caudoputamen – peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
45nucleus accumbens - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
48stria medullaris thalami appearsAshwell et al.
48subplate - end of neurogenesisRobinson and Dreher
48entorhinal cortex - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
48subiculum – peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
48parasubiculum – peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
48fornix appearsAshwell et al.
48presubiculum – peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
48dentate gyrus of hippocampus - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
48anterior commissure appearsAshwell et al.
48CA 1, CA 2 of hippocampus - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
53neurogenesis cortical layer VI - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
56superficial SC laminae - end of neurogenesisRobinson and Dreher
56cones - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
56retinal amacrine cells - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
57retinal ganglion cell generation - end of neurogenesisRobinson and Dreher
58.5neurogenesis cortical layer V - start of neurogenesisRobinson and Dreher
65neurogenesis cortical lamina VI - end of neurogenesisRobinson and Dreher
67cortical axons reach dLGNRobinson and Dreher
69optic nerve axon number - peak of neurogenesisRobinson and Dreher
70neurogenesis cortical layer V - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
70neurogenesis cortical lamina IV - start of neurogenesisRobinson and Dreher
75neurogenesis cortical layer V - end of neurogenesisRobinson and Dreher
78LGN axons in subplateRobinson and Dreher
80neurogenesis cortical layer IV - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
81.5cortical axons innervate dLGNRobinson and Dreher
85neurogenesis cortical layer IV - end of neurogenesisRobinson and Dreher
85rods - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
85 retinal bipolar cells - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
85.5neurogenesis cortical layer II/III - start of neurogenesisRakic
86superficial SC - start of laminationRobinson and Dreher
87ipsi/contra segregation in LGN and SCRobinson and Dreher
90neurogenesis cortical layer II /III - peak of neurogenesisFinlay and Darlington
91LGN axons in cortical layer IVRobinson and Dreher
96adult-like cortical innervation of dLGNRobinson and Dreher
96visual cortical axons in SCRobinson and Dreher
100neurogenesis cortical layer II/III - end of neurogenesisRakic
110rapid axon loss in optic nerve endsRobinson and Dreher
123eye openingAshwell et al. ;
Dunlop et al. ;
Robinson and Dreher