The movement of a cell body from the ventricular zone to the pial surface with a concomitant shortening of the process that extends to the pial surface.
cell swimming +
cilium or flagellum-dependent cell motility +
cytoplasmic actin-based contraction involved in cell motility +
extension of leading cell process to pial surface
modulation by symbiont of host cell motility
negative regulation of cell adhesion in ventricular zone