Neurulation: Formation of the Neural Tube | Embryology

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Plate Formation
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Neuropores
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    Neurulation forms the neural tube via plate, folds, and fusion.

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    Process occurs during the third week of intrauterine life.

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    Notochord induces overlying ectoderm to begin this process.

Gastrulation and the formation of the three primary germ layers (ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm).
The structure and inductive signaling role of the embryonic notochord.
Basic cellular biology concepts of cell adhesion and cytoskeletal changes (e.g., apical constriction).
Standard embryological terminology for directional axes, specifically dorsal/ventral and cranial/caudal.
The origin, migration, and differentiation of neural crest cells into the peripheral nervous system and other tissues.
Primary and secondary brain vesicle development (the differentiation of the cranial neural tube).
Clinical correlation of neural tube defects (NTDs) such as Spina Bifida and Anencephaly, including the preventative role of folic acid.
Histogenesis of the central nervous system, focusing on how the neuroepithelium gives rise to neurons and glial cells.
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Neurulation is the embryonic process where the neural tube forms from the neural plate, which develops under the inductive influence of the notochord; this process involves the thickening of ectodermal cells over the notochord to form the neural plate, its elongation to create neural folds, and the fusion of these folds to form the neural tube, which gives rise to the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and also produces neural crest cells at the fusion sites; failure of this closure can lead to neural tube defects such as anencephaly (failure of anterior neuropore closure) and spina bifida (failure of posterior neuropore closure).