Development of the Nervous system Flashcards

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What is the function of the radial glia in development?

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Act as a scaffold for the developing neurons

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How are motor neurons of the spinal cord organised topographically?

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Distal limbs are controlled by motor neurons on the distal aspect of the spinal cord

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What signal induces the formation of the floor plate and where does it come from?

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Sonic hedgehog and the notochord

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What do new neurons travel up to reach the cortex?

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The radial glia

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What do growth cones consist of?

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Cytoskeleton

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At what level is there dysfunction when a eye is kept shut in the development of a kitten

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The visual cortex

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What is fragile X syndrome caused by?

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A mutation in the fragile X mental retardation gene (FMR1)

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Which part of the spinal cord has sensory information?

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The dorsal horn

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What induces the development of ventral horn motor neurons of the spinal cord?

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Factors released from the floor plate

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How do interneurons in the spinal cord come about?

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Factors (motor neuron factor) released for the motor neurons

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What is the critical period for vision and hearing in humans?

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The first 10 years

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How does the brain appear in lissencephaly?

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Smooth, unfolded surface.

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What is induction in the context of neural development?

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The next stage in development of the specific structures, eg the somites developing muscle and bone

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What is the significance of the pioneer axons?

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They lay down initial axon tracts they proceeding neurons follow

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What develops first, the head or tail or the neural tube?

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Head

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What is vesiculation of the neural tube?

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The narrow tube develops bubbles

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Where are neural stem cells located in the developing cortex?

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In the ventricular zone (at the ventricular surface)

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How do new cells develop in relation to the neuroepithelium?

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The migrate through the neuroepithelium and move up towards the cortex, away from the lumen of the tube

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Where do neural crest cells come from?

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Top of the neural tube

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The prosencephalon splits into what?

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The diencephalon and the telencephalon

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What are growth cones?

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Caps on the end of axons that tow developing axons into position

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What is the neural plate derived from?

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A plate of skin

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What is the name of the disease where there is not closure of the caudal end of the neural tube?

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Spina bifida

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What happens to the structure of the nervous system postnatally?

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Refinement - particularly at the level of the synapses

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What is the precursor structure of the forebrain?
The prosencephalon
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Why don't you get incomplete folding of the neural tube in multiple regions?
Because the regions close independently
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Disorders of neuronal migration include?
Lissencephaly
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What are some derivative of the neural crest cells?
Peripheral nervous system Melanocytes Dentine Muscle, cartilage and bones of the skull, face, jaw and pharynx
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What is anacephaly?
Incomplete closure of the neural tube around the vault of the skull - brain doesn't develop fully - still born
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In which part of the spinal cord are motor located?
Ventral horn
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Is the retina part of the CNS or PNS?
CNS
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How do axons develop?
They extend out from the cell body
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What is the developmental precursor of the retina?
Optic vesicle
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What directs the development of the growth cones?
Local growth factors
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What happens to the neural plate for it to become a tube?
The neural groove forms and its lip rise up and connect creating a lumen inside
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Where does the neural tube close last?
At the bottom of the spinal cord
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What is the most common cause of male autism?
Fragile X syndrome