Table 1.

Progenitor subtypes in mouse cortex

Type	Stage	Location	Apicobasal morphology	Marker	Position at mitosis	Progeny	References
NE	E9.5–E13.5	VZ	Bipolar	Prominin 1 (CD133), Nestin	Apical	NEs, RGCs, IPs, Ns	[2, 23]
vRGCs	E10.5–P0	VZ	Bipolar	Pax6, Sox2, Glast, Blbp, S100β, Vimentin, RC2, Nestin	Apical	vRGCs, IPs, Ns, oRGCs	[2]
bpRGCs		SVZ/VZ	Bipolar	RC2, Glast, hGFAP, Sox2, Pax6	Sub apical	bpRGCs, oRGCs	[24, 25]
IPs	E10.5–P0	SVZ	Nonpolar	Tbr2	Basal	IPs, Ns	[4, 23, 26, 27]
oRGC	E12.5–P0	oSVZ/iSVZ	Monopolar	Pax6, Sox2, Blbp, Nestin, Glast	Basal	oRGCs, IPs, Ns	[35–39]
SNPs	E12.5–E16.5	VZ	Monopolar	Tubulin α1 promoter	Apical	SNPs, Ns	[20, 22]

NE neuroepithelial cells, vRGCs venrticular radial glial cells, oRG outer radial glial cells, IPs intermediate progenitors, Ns neuron, SNPs short neural precursors, bpRGCs bipolar radial glial cells, LL lower layers, UL upper layers, VZ ventricular zone, SVZ subventricular zone, oSVZ outer SVZ, iSVZ inner SVZ