INTRODUCTION
Thecerebralcortex,orneocortex,iscriticaltokeymammalianskillssuchaslanguage,sociability,andsensorimotorcontrol.Thisstructureconsistsofdozensofspecializedtypesofneuronsorganizedacrosslayersandareas,whicharegeneratedduringdevelopmentbydiversetypesofprogenitors.Newbornneuronsthenundergosequentialmolecularprogramsthatdrivetheirspecificlocalandlong-rangecircuitconnectivityandadultfunction.Althoughtheyarenecessaryforpropercorticalfunctiontoemerge,thesemyriadsofmolecularandcellulardevelopmentalprocessesprovidemultiplepointsofvulnerabilityfor“corticalmalformations,”whichcausevarious