embryonic subplate

Plays role in development of cerebral cortex. Most of the cells derived from the embryonic subplate undergo cell death in late fetal & early neonatal life. Surviving subplate neurons lie either in the infracortical white matter as interstitial neurons in layer 1 of the cerebral cortex

General

neuroanatomy embryology

References

van de Nes JA, Sandmann-Keil D, Braak H. Interstitial cells subjacent to the entorhinal region expressing somatostatin-28 immunoreactivity are susceptible to development of Alzheimer's disease-related cytoskeletal changes. Acta Neuropathol (Berl). 2002 Oct;104(4):351-6. Epub 2002 May 22. PMID: 12200620