Notochord cells (N) underlie themidline of the neural plate, and segmental plate mesoderm (S) underlies the lateral region of the neural plate. b | At the neural fold stage, floor plate cells (F) are evident at the ventral midlineand the somitic mesoderm begins to develop.
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Neural inducers are molecules that can induce the expression of neural genes in ectoderm explants without inducing mesodermal genes as well. Neural induction is often studied in xenopus embryos since they have a simple body pattern and there are good markers to distinguish between neural and non-neural tissue.
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The process of the flat neural plate folding into the cylindrical neural tube is termed primary neurulation. As a result of the cellular shape changes, the neural plate forms the medial hinge point (MHP) .
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NATURE REVIEWS | GENETICS VOLUME 1 | OCTOBER 2000 | 23 REVIEWS through the actions of neuronal subtype-dedicated tran-scription factors.Defining such factors may aid studiesthat aim to direct neural stem cells along specific path-ways of neuronal differentiation.
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Neural development refers to the processes that generate, shape, and reshape the nervous system, from the earliest stages of embryogenesis to the final years of life. The study of neural development aims to describe the cellular basis of brain development and to address the underlying mechanisms.
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The nervous system is derived from the ectoderm—the outermost tissue layer—of the embryo. In the third week of development the neuroectoderm appears and forms the neural plate along the dorsal side of the embryo. This neural plate is the source of the majority of neurons and glial cells in the mature human.
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Neurulation refers to the folding process in vertebrate embryos, which includes the transformation of the neural plate into the neural tube. The embryo at this stage is termed the neurula. The process begins when the notochord induces the formation of the central nervous system (CNS) by signaling the ectoderm germ layer above it to form the thick and flat neural plate.
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Generic: features common to all motorneurons (MN), such as the projection of axons out of thespinal cord, that distinguish them from interneurons (INT).Class: subdivision of motor neurons on the basis of theinnervation of skeletal muscle targets (somatic) or neuronal or glandular targets (visceral).
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The neural plate folds in upon itself to form the neural tube, which will later differentiate into the spinal cord and the brain, eventually forming the central nervous system. Different portions of the neural tube form by two different processes, called primary and secondary neurulation, in different species. 1  In primary neurulation, the neural plate creases inward until the edges come in contact and fuse.
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MNindicates motor neurons, and FP the floor plate. To the right is shown the profile of neuronal generation in intermediateneural plate explants grown in different concentrations of therecombinant amino-terminal fragment of Shh, termed Shh-N.D, dorsal neural tube; V, ventral neural tube.
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define neural induction
Neural induction is often studied in xenopus embryos since they have a simple body pattern and there are good markers to distinguish between neural and non-neural tissue.