Lecture 2: Neural Development Flashcards
What are the three structures of the fetal brain at 3-7 weeks?
Forebrain (Prosencephalon)
Midbrain (Mesencephalon)
Hindbrain (Rhombencephalon)
What does the forebrain turn into?
Cerebral Cortex
What does the notocord cause to happen?
Thickens the neural plate from the ectoderm. Fibroblast growth factor causes the neural plate to turn into spinal cord.
What is derived from the neural fold?
Neural crest cells. They migrate away.
What does the notocord lumen become?
Future ventricles of the brain
What do the cells of the neural tube become?
Future CNS
What do the neural crest cells become?
Future sensory and autonomic ganglia; glial cells
How is secondary neuralation different from primary?
Secondary (caudal, S2 and below) starts from “Mesenchymal to epithelial transition”- The tube forms underneath the epithelium. The primary neurulation happens as the tube zips up.
How are the alar and basal plates situated?
Alar is dorsal, Basal is ventral around the neural tube.
What does the Alar plate become?
Sensory neurons
What does the basal plate become?
Motor neurons
What are the three zones of cells around the notocord?
Germinal/Matrix zone (innermost, has neural stem cells and neuroblasts)
Mantle (has newly born neurons, glia; will become gray matter)
Marginal Zone (outer most; will become white matter with axons) Ependymal Cells line the lumen of the nodal cord, will become CNS
What determines what neural crest cells become?
Location and chemicals in that location
What are neuromeres?
Different segments of the notocord
What does the prosencephalon turn into?
Telencephalon
Diencephalon