# Macaque brain development timeline
## Species

    Macaca mulatta

## Family

    Cercopithecidae

## Order

    Primates

## Gestation

    165 days
Dates in days
| Day | Event | Reference |
| 30 | retinal ganglion cell generation - start of neurogenesis | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 30 | magnocellular basal forebrain - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 30 | superficial superior collicus (SC) laminae - start of neurogenesis | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 30 | raphe complex - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 32 | locus coeruleus - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 35 | posterior commissure appears | Ashwell et al. (1996) |
| 35.5 | medial forebrain bundle appears | Ashwell et al. (1996) |
| 36 | dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN)- start of neurogenesis | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 36 | optic axons at chiasm of optic tract | Dunlop et al. (1997) |
| 38 | deep cerebellar nuclei - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 38 | amygdala - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 39 | Purkinje cells - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 39 | substantia nigra - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 39.5 | subplate - start of neurogenesis | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 39.5 | subplate -start of neurogenesis | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 40 | internal capsule appears | Ashwell et al. (1996) |
| 40 | external capsule appears | Ashwell et al. (1996) |
| 40 | fasciculus retroflexus appears | Ashwell et al. (1996) |
| 40 | retinal horizontal cells - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 41 | superior colliculus - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 43 | subplate - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 43 | dLGN -peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 43 | dLGN- end of neurogenesis | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 43 | retinal ganglion cells - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 43 | inferior colliculus - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 45 | neurogenesis cortical layer VI - start (VC) of neurogenesis | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 45 | septal nuclei - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 45 | caudoputamen – peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 45 | nucleus accumbens - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 48 | stria medullaris thalami appears | Ashwell et al. (1996) |
| 48 | subplate - end of neurogenesis | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 48 | entorhinal cortex - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 48 | subiculum – peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 48 | parasubiculum – peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 48 | fornix appears | Ashwell et al. (1996) |
| 48 | presubiculum – peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 48 | dentate gyrus of hippocampus - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 48 | anterior commissure appears | Ashwell et al. (1996) |
| 48 | CA 1, CA 2 of hippocampus - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 53 | neurogenesis cortical layer VI - peak (VC) of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 56 | superficial SC laminae - end of neurogenesis | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 56 | cones - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 56 | retinal amacrine cells - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 57 | retinal ganglion cell generation - end of neurogenesis | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 58.5 | neurogenesis cortical layer V - start (VC) of neurogenesis | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 65 | neurogenesis cortical lamina VI - end (VC) of neurogenesis | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 67 | cortical axons reach dLGN | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 69 | optic nerve axon number - peak of neurogenesis | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 70 | neurogenesis cortical layer V - peak (VC) of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 70 | neurogenesis cortical lamina IV - start (VC) of neurogenesis | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 75 | neurogenesis cortical layer V - end (VC) of neurogenesis | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 78 | LGN axons in subplate | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 80 | neurogenesis cortical layer IV - peak (VC) of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 81.5 | cortical axons innervate dLGN | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 85 | neurogenesis cortical layer IV - end (VC) of neurogenesis | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 85 | rods - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 85 | retinal bipolar cells - peak of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 85.5 | neurogenesis cortical layer II/III - start (VC) of neurogenesis | Rakic (1974) |
| 86 | superficial SC - start of lamination | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 87 | ipsi/contra segregation in LGN and SC | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 90 | neurogenesis cortical layer II /III - peak (VC) of neurogenesis | Finlay and Darlington (1995) |
| 91 | LGN axons in cortical layer IV | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 96 | adult-like cortical innervation of dLGN | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 96 | visual cortical axons in SC | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 100 | neurogenesis cortical layer II/III - end (VC) of neurogenesis | Rakic (1974) |
| 110 | rapid axon loss in optic nerve ends | Robinson and Dreher (1990) |
| 123 | eye opening | Ashwell et al. (1996); Dunlop et al. (1997); Robinson and Dreher (1990) |