Early Purkinje cell development and the origin of cerebellar patterning.

This chapter explores the mechanisms that regulate Purkinje cell neuro- genesis, revealing the finely timed contribution of many regulatory genes in the control of PC progenitor specification, proliferation, subtype differentiation, migra- tion, and survival from the cerebellar primordium to the end of prenatal embryogen- esis, discussing some of the key molecules involved and the ways they combine to generate the complex adult cerebellar architecture.