Items tagged “brain development”
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Neural tube
The neural tube comprises of a bundle of nerve sheaths and is the embryonic structure that ultimately forms the primitive brain at the cranial end and the spinal cord at the caudal end 1,2.
The neural tube is formed during an embryological process called neurulation, a folding process where the...
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Neural plate
The neural plate is an important developmental structure that forms the foundation of the nervous system 1,2. Formation of the neural plate occurs during the embryological process of neurulation which helps initiate the development of the nervous system 1,3.
The neural plate develops at approxi...