Subplate zone (brain)
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The transient fetal subplate zone, together with the marginal zone and the cortical plate, represents developmental anlage of the mammalian cerebral cortex. It serves as a waiting compartment for growing cortical afferents; its cells are involved in the establishment of pioneering cortical efferent projections and transient fetal circuitry, and apparently have a number of other developmental roles. The subplate zone is phylogenetically recent structure and it is most developed in the human brain.
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