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Radial glia act as both neural progenitors and a migration scaffold in early CNS development. Their processes stretch from the ventricular (inner) surface to the outer pial surface, spanning most of the neural tube wall. This arrangement provides a radial path for newly born neurons to migrate to their target positions, so these cells are located across most of the neural tube wall rather than being confined to a single region like the dorsal spinal cord, ventral neural tube, or cortex.