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Development of the CNS Flashcards

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What is the first thing to happen to the ectoderm around 3 weeks?

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There is proliferation of the ectoderm in the midline of the embryonic disc to form the neural plate. This thickens and the neural plate begins to fold on the sides and the two folds fuse to from a tube.

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What is the wall of the neural tube called?

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neuroepithelium

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What does the neural tube give rise to?

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All CNS cells

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What is the neural canal?

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Space in the middle of the neural tube

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What are neural crest cells?

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Cells at the tip of the neural fold

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What happens to the neural crest cells?

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They seperate from the neural tube and don’t take part in the fusion to form the tube - they lie alongside it. You end up with a neural tube and two strips of neural crest tissue one either side.

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What are the two independent sources of nervous tissue?

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neural crest and neural tube

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What does the neural crest give rise to?

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All PNS cells

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What are the three layers present at the start of development?

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endoderm (innermost), mesoderm, ectoderme

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What is the notochord in the centre at the start of development?

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Cartilaginous skeletal rod supporting the body

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What does the neuroepithelium differentiate into?

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Neuroblasts: All neurons with cell bodies in the CNS (includes motor)

Glioblasts: Astrocytes, oligodendrocytes

Ependymal cells: Lining ventricles and central canal. These remain close to the inner membrane of the neural tube and they spread out and form a lining around the developing ventricular system

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What does the neural crest differentiate into?

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  • Sensory neurones of dorsal root ganglia and cranial ganglia (not in CNS)
  • Postganglionic autonomic neurones
  • Schwann cells
  • Non-neuronal derivatives e.g. melanocytes
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What is a common feature of neural crest derived cells?

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They are capable of migrating over quite large distances

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How is the neuroepithelium arranged?

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  • There is an inner membrane at the bottom and an outer membrane at the top
  • Almost all these cells are attached to both the inner and outer membranes - it’s just that the nuclei are in different positions
  • The fat cells at the bottom are going through mitosis
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Describe the differentiation of the neuroepithelium

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  • Cells withdraw from the outer membrane towards the inner membrane
  • They undergo mitosis
  • One of the daughter cells will stay attached to the inner cell membrane
  • It gets bigger and goes into the cell cycle again
  • The other daughter cell migrates away from the inner membrane and then develops into neuroblasts
  • They develop processes (one will become the axon)
  • These axons are directed away from the inner membrane again
  • As this occurs over and over you end up with three layers: mitosis layer (ependymal), cell body layer (grey matter) and axon layer (white matter)
  • Leads to formation of grey and white matter
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Describe glioblast differentiation

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  • Glioblasts also show a similar pattern of differentiation and migration to neuroblasts
  • But glioblasts can migrate into white matter as well
  • Remember glioblasts do not develop axons (but do develop processes)
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What controls differentiation?

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  • Signalling molecules, secreted by surrounding tissues, interact with receptors on neuroblasts
  • Control migration & axonal growth by attraction and repulsion
  • Depends on concentration gradient & timing (timing imp as receptors need to exist and some molecules have different effects at different stages of development)
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What are the layers of the neural tube?

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The ependymal layer (surrounds the neural canal), grey matter and white matter

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What are the roof plates and floor plates?

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The roof plate and floor plate are landmarks that show the most dorsal and most ventral parts of the canal

20
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Where can signalling molecules be secreted from?

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  • Secreted either from the tissues surrounding the developing neural tube
  • Sometimes secreted by cells within the neural tube
21
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Describe the development of the spinal cord

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Later on in development the cross section through the neural tube shows that the neural canal is even smaller compared to the thickness of the wall. Also the grey matter has split into the alar plate (dorsal) and basal plate (ventral).

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What do the neural crest cells form?

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sensory neurons in dorsal root ganglia

23
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What occurs in the alar plate?

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interneurons becoming specialised to receive sensory information

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What occurs in the basal plate?

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  • In the basal plate you get some interneurones and the development of motor neurones
  • This means the basal plate has a motor function - the axons leave the spinal cord to go towards muscles
25
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In the mature spinal cord what has become what?

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  • The neural canal has become the central canal carrying CSF
  • Alar plates develop into the dorsal horns
  • Basal plates develop into ventral horns
  • The whole spinal cord is surrounded by a thick layer of white matter
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Describe the development of the brainstem

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  • The brainstem is a tubular structure but in the middle of it you have a 4th ventricle
  • The roof plate starts proliferating rapidly and the dorsal part of the brainstem expands laterally
  • As the roof plate expands it pushes the alar plates aside so they are no longer dorsal to the roof plate but they are actually lateral to the roof plate
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Where do the cranial nerve nuclei with motor function, sensory and autonomic function lie?

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Motor = Medial 
Sensory = Lateral  
Autonomic = in between
28
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Which part of the neural tube develops in to the brain and what are the three primary vesicles formed? (4 weeks)

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Only the most anterior part:

  1. Prosencephalon - future forebrain
  2. Mesencephalon - future midbrain
  3. Rhombencephalon - future hindbrain
29
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What happens to the neural tube that doesn’t form the brain?

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Becomes the spinal cord

30
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What happens at the fifth week in brain development?

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  • The most anterior vesicle divides in two and the third vesicle also divides in two
  • This produces 5 secondary vesicles
  • There is an expansion of the top part of the developing forebrain
  • This telencephalon will become the cerebral hemispheres
  • There is less expansion in the lower part of the developing forebrain because that part becomes the diencephalon
  • The developing midbrain doesn’t expand very much
  • The developing hindbrain divides in two to becomes the pons and the medulla
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What happens during week 8 in terms of brain development?

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  • As development continues you get more growth of the wall of the neural tube
  • The space within it has become smaller relative to the wall and this space becomes the ventricular system
  • Coming quite late, you have the first development of the cerebellum - out-pouching from the back of the pons
  • The telencephalon has got so big that it’s starting to move back and cover the diencephalon
32
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How does the folding of the brain occur?

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The vesicles aren’t in a straight line - there are 3 flexures

  • The flexures are named based on their position
  • As you go through development these flexures become exaggerated
33
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What are the 3 flexures?

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from tip to middle:

cephalic, pontine, cervical

34
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What is the structure of the brain in terms of matter?

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grey outside and white inside

35
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Describe the development of the cortex

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  • The neuroblasts are proliferating near the inner membrane.
  • Some of the neuroblasts will stay in the middle and form the basal ganglia
  • There are other neurones that then migrate towards the outer membrane.
  • This migration takes place by the neuroblasts attaching themselves to radial glial cells - these have their cell bodies anchored in the inner membrane and have a single long process that goes to the outer membrane.
  • They climb up towards the outer membrane
  • You get a wave of proliferation near the inner membrane and then a wave of migration towards the other surface and then one layer of the cortex is formed.
  • Then you get another wave of proliferation and another wave of migration forming the 2nd layer of cortex
  • This continues until you have six layers of cells within the cerebral cortex
  • Each layer of cells has different types of cells with different functions and different connections
  • There will be problems later on if something disrupts the production of these layers
36
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What does normal nervous system development depend on?

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Depends on the coordinated completion of several complex processes
E.g. proliferation, differentiation, migration, axon growth and synapse formation

37
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What can cause developmental abnormalities?

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• Genetic mutation and environmental factors such (mother’s lifestyle, diet and teratogens) can interfere
e.g. B12 (low)

38
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When do developmental abnormalities occur in gestation?

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early in pregnancy

39
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What causes Sz?

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A malfunction of neural development

40
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What does a deficiency in folic acid lead to?

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spina bifida

41
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Give examples of developmental disordes

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  • craniorachischisis (completely open brain and spinal cord)
  • anencephaly (open brain and lack of skull vault and brain matter)
  • encephalocele (herniation of meninges and brain due to skull not forming properly)
  • Iniencephaly (occipital skill and spine defects with extreme retroflexion of head)
  • spina bifida occulta (some of vertebrae not completely closed)
  • closed spinal dysaphism (deficiency of atleast two vertebral arches)
  • meningocele (pertrusion of meninges through defect in skull or spine)
  • myelomeningocele (open spinal cord as well as meningeal cyst)

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