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aka ventral horn neurons innervates the skeletal muscles of the head and body

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LMN

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Functions: to commend for movement (reflexive or voluntary)

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LMN

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sensory neuron to lower motor neuron WITHOUT involvement of the upper motor neuron in cortex

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reflexive movement

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what are the neuronal types of reflexive movement

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LMN, sensory, interneurons, brainstem UMNs

**NOT cortical UMNs

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all the motor neurons innervating a single muscle are grouped together into a rod-shaped cluster

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motor neuron pool

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Proximal muscles –> medial LMNs with____ ____ control

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body postural

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distal muscles –> lateral LMNs w/ ___ ____ ___

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skilled voluntary movement

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the axon form a single alpha motor neuron branches within muscles to synapse on many extrafusal fibers

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motor unit

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generates small forces, most resistant to fatigue, low threshold for activation (tonically active and sustained effort)

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slow motor unit

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generates large force + easily fatigued

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Fast Fatigable (FF) motor units

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medium force + resistant to fatigue

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Fast fatigue-resistant (FR) motor units

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gradual increases in muscle tension (or force) results from the progressive recruitment of motor units in a fixed order (S –> FR–> FF)

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size principle

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maintain muscle length at a desired level ex. knee jerk reflex

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muscle stretch reflex

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maintain muscle tension (force) at a desired level ex. weight lifting

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Golgi tendon reflex

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Biological neural networks that produce rhythmic patterned outputs for locomotion without sensory feedback & without descending UMN

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central pattern generators (CPGs)

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encode movements in central personal space, purposeful/pre-programmed movements, population coding *purposeful movements instead of contractions

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primary motor cortex

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movements that are oriented toward extra personal space

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premotor cortex

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stabilizing head position (vestibulo-cervical reflex)

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MEDIAL vestibular nucleus

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stabilizing posture after existing unanticipated postural instability (vestibulo-spinal reflex)

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lateral vestibular nucleus

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stabilizing posture to anticipated postural instability

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reticular formation

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orienting head and eye movements (saccade)

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superior colliculus

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anterior medial white matter and terminate in medial cell groups in both sides (functions: govern posture and balance mechanism of axial muscles)

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UMNs in brainstem

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lateral white matter + terminate in lateral cell groups in contralateral side (functions: skilled voluntary movements of distal extremities)

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UMNs in motor cortex

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contains over 90% of the fibers present in the corticospinal tract and runs the length of the spinal cord. The primary responsibility of the lateral corticospinal tract is to control the voluntary movement of contralateral limbs

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lateral corticospinal tact

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Encode movements but not muscle contractions

Encode intentions for movements in central personal space

These movements are purposeful/preprogrammed movements

Population encoding

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general functional organization of the primary motor cortex

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subset of UMNs in premotor cortex fire in both planning and observations of the particular movements being performed by others

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Mirror motor neurons

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Medium spiny neurons in caudate and putamen receive inputs from which two brain regions?

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Cerebral cortex + substantia nigra pars compacta

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What are the main sources of output from the basal ganglia to upper motor neurons in motor cortex or superior colliculus?

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Globus pallidus and substantia nigra pars reticulata

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sequence of events that occur during the function of the basal ganglia circuit indirect (stop)

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Striatum D2R MSNs -> GPe -> STN -> GPi -> Thalamus

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sequence of events that occur during the function of the basal ganglia circuit direct (GO)

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Striatum D1R MSNs -> GPi -> Thalamus

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31
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loss of ____ neurons in substantia nigra pars compacta causes Parkinson’s disease

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dopamingeric

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32
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How does loss of dopaminergic inputs to striatum (caudate/putamen) cause hypokinetic symptoms in Parkinson’s disease?

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Causes an increase of activity of the indirect pathway and diminishes the direct pathway

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33
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What are the effects of hypokinetic disorders on movement control pathways

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Effects of hypokinetic disorders -> overactivity of indirect pathway, and underactivity of direct pathway —> more tonic inhibition of thalamus.

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Huntington’s disease is caused by degeneration of medium spiny neurons used which type of the dopamine receptor?

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Globus Pallidus External (D2R)

35
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How does degeneration of the basal ganglia circuits cause hyperkinetic symptoms in Huntington’s disease?

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There is a loss of inhibitory input from caudate/putamen -> abnormally activation of globus pallidus external -> diminished excitatory subthalamic output to globus pallidus internal -> less tonic inhibition of thalamus -> increased excitation of motor cortex neurons ->

36
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What are the effects of hyperkinetic disorders on movement control pathways

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undesired choreiform (“dancelike”) movement in HD

37
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What are the three parts of cerebellar cortex, their input sources and how do they receive inputs?

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  1. cerebrocerebellum
    2.spinocerebellum
    3.Vestibulocerebellum
38
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receives input indirectly from the cerebral cortex via pontine nuclei

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Cerebrocerebellum

39
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receives input directly from spinal cord and brainstem

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Spinocerebellum

40
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receives input from vestibular nuclei

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Vestibulocerebellum

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When considering the functional organization of the cerebellum and the cerebral cortex, one should determine which is associated with ipsilateral representation and which is associated with contralateral representation

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Cerebellum is concerned with ipsilateral representation whereas cerebral cortex is concerned with contralateral representation

42
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long term learning and memory

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Function of inferior olive

43
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Includes the dentate nucleus, two interposed nuclei, fastigial nucleus: each of these nuclei receives input from a different region of the cerebellar cortex and then sends outputs to upper motors neurons in motor cortex (via thalamic relay) or brainstem

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deep cerebellar nuclei

44
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main output sources

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mossy fibers

45
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mossy fibers synapse on cerebellar granule cells which then give rise to axons to help form excitatory synapses with Purkinje cells.

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Parallel fibers

46
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axons of the modulatory input from inferior olive form that help form excitatory synapses with Purkinje cells

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Climbing fibers

47
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convey main inputs

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Parallel fibers

48
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convey modulatory inputs

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Climbing fibers

49
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Main inputs from cortex, spinal cord, and vestibular system -> mossy fiber > parallel fiber -> Purkinje cell -> deep cerebellar nuclei -> output -> correct motor errors for ongoing movements.

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Parallel fiber pathway

50
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modulatory inputs from inferior olive -> climbing fiber -> Purkinje cell -(motor learning and memory)-> deep cerebellar nuclei -> output -? Encode motor learning and memory

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Climbing fiber pathway

51
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controls expression of segmentation of hindbrain and spinal cord in human

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Homeobox

52
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regulates cell movements for lengthening the neural plate and neural tube

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Noncanonical pathway

53
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play roles in the initial specification of the neural plate (neural induction) and the subsequent differentiation of the dorsal part

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bone morphogenetic proteins

54
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endogenous antagonists that modulate BMP signaling

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noggin and chordin

55
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mutations in Shh holoprosencephaly

Establishing neuronal identity, particularly motor neurons in the ventral portion of the spinal cord and hindbrain (ventralizing signal)

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sonic hedgehog

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key regulators of neural stem cell decisions to generate either additional stem cells or postmitotic neurons

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Delta/Notch signaling

57
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influence the detachment of neurons from the radial glia

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Reelin

58
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How do inductive signals establish neuron identity

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Diffusible inductive signals

59
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transcriptional factors that are expressed in each cell that are mediated by diffusible inductive signals as well as local cell-cell signals

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Transcriptional code

60
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slow division, self renew

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symmetrical

61
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transit amplifying cells that are molecularly distinct from slowly diving radial glial stem cells

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Asymmetric

62
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first born cells are eventually located in the deepest layers and later born neurons migrate radially, travelling through the older cells and coming to lie superficial to them (located in more superficial layers)

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Inside out manner

63
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How are the final fates of neural crest cells determined?

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Proper exit (initial positional identity)

Proper migration through terrain that provides instructive + trophic signals

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What are the two major functions of radial glial cells in the developing CNS?

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  1. Acting as migratory guides
  2. They are neuronal progenitor (stem) cells in the developing cortex
65
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Location of lower motor neurons in the spinal cord

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Located in the VENTRAL HORN of spinal cord gray matter

66
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what is the sequence of events of the general steps for construction of neural circuits?

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  1. Neuronal polarization
  2. Axon outgrowth: growth cone
  3. Axon guidance and targeting
  4. Synapse formation (aka. Synaptogenesis)
  5. Neuronal survival and synapse maturation (synapse elimination + refinement) –> neuronal survival and synapse maturation is regulated bu neurotrophins and neural activity
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  1. What are the five members of the neurotrophin family?
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  • Nerve growth factor (NGF)
  • Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)
  • Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3)
  • Neurotrophin 4 & 5 (NT- 4/5)
68
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How does the growth cone regulate its motility?

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Axon guidance and targeting; axon guidance molecules

69
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distributed preferentially in the nascent axon to define the axon **neuron polarization

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pars protein

70
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chemoattractant

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netrin

71
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chemorepellent + has receptor robo

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slit

72
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associated with the bundling or fasciculation of groups of axons

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L1 CAM

73
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constitute a cell-cell recognition code & initiate bidirectional signaling

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Ephrin/Eph

74
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mediators of synapse identity + synapse specificity

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Protocadherin

75
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binds to ErB receptors on postsynaptic cells to elicit increased synthesis and insertion of NT receptors

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  • Neuregulin 1
76
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helps localize synaptic vesicles, docking proteins and fusion molecules in the presynaptic active zone

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  • Neurexins
77
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Notochord formation -> induction of neuroectoderm and formation of neural plate -> folding of neural plate to form the neural tube and specification of neural crest

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sequence of events of neurulation

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  • Neurons and glia of the sensory and autonomic ganglia
  • Neurons of the enteric nervous system
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progeny of neural crest cells (or cell types derived from neural crest cells)

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Telencephalon gives rise to the cerebral cortex and hippocampus gives rise to basal ganglia

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  • Prosencephalon
80
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Midbrain tegmentum, superior, and inferior colliculi

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  • Mesenephalon
81
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Cerebellum, pons, and medulla

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  • Rhombencephalon
82
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failure of the prosencephalon to divide into two cerebral hemispheres

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  • Holoprosencephaly
83
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Sources of inductive signals for the induction and patterning of the nervous syste

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  • Notochord
  • Floorplate
  • Roofplate
  • Neuroectoderm
  • Adjacent mesodermal tissues such as somites

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