L2: Neuralation Flashcards
The central nervous system originates as what?
local elongation of ectodermal cells in the dorsal surface of the developing embryonic disc to form a flat sheet, the neural plate.
what does the Neural plate give rise too?
part of the autonomic nervous system and somatic motor nerves.
At what day does the neural plate develop?
17 – 18 days
what happens after the neural plate is formed?
neurulation
what is neurulation?
development of a groove in the neural plate, running from rostral to caudal
what does rostral to caudal mean?
nose to tail
does neuralation vary between different species?
yes
what are the walls of the groove formed by neuralation called?
neural folds
what position are the neural folds in ?
they curl
what produces the shape of the neural folds?
cytoskeletal elements in the cells themselves
what happens when neural folds come together?
some neural ectoderm is pinched off and ends up lying on either side of the dorsal edge of the neural tube
what is the neural ectoderm that pinched of known as?
neural crest
when does the neural crest appear?
appears at about 21 days in humans
what does the neural crest give rise too?
the remainder of the peripheral nervous system, the somatic sensory nerves and the rest of the autonomic system.
How do the neural folds fuse and what do they form?
The neural folds fuse dorsally turning the groove into a tube.
what’s the differentiation of ectoderm dependent on?
the underlying mesoderm
what is the formation of the neural plate in the embryo bought about by?
brought about by a process called neural induction
The formation of neural plate is triggered by what?
by signals from the mesoderm beneath the plate which also control regional differentiation of the plate.
neural induction evidence was found by which scientists?
Spemann and Mangold
what did Spemann and Mangold do?
transplanted mesodermal cells from beneath the neural plate of the embryo into an ectodermal region that normally forms epidermis rather than neural plate.
In a chick signals of the notochord cause what?
cause the neural plate to bend around medial hinge point.
whats the last region to seal in the neural tube formation of a chick?
Typically the posterior neuropores the last region to seal.
what doe stem neural tube give rise too?
The neural tube gives rise to the entire CNS.
what does the neural crest give rise too?
neural crest will give rise to the PNS.