The development of the vertebrate spinal cord involves the formation of the neural tube and
the generation of multiple distinct cell types. The process starts during gastrulation …

The vertebrate nervous system arises through a series of inductive interactions, beginning
with the induction of the neural plate and the rostrocaudal patterning of the neural tube. The …

Neurulation is a critical step in early embryonic development, giving rise to the neural tube,
the primordium of the central nervous system in amniotes. Understanding this complex, multi …

Many important findings in the past year have helped to identify multiple cellular interactions
and signals in vertebrates that govern induction of neuroectoderm, its patterning, neural tube …

The vertebrate brain and spinal cord arise from a common precursor, the neural tube, which
forms very early during embryonic development. To shape the forming neural tube, changes …

The assembly of neural circuits in the vertebrate central nervous system depends on the
organized generation of specific neuronal subtypes. Studies over recent years have begun …

Neurulation is a morphogenetic event par excellence. During this highly choreographed four-
dimensional process, a flat sheet of ectoderm is transformed into an elongated tubular …

The coordinated spatial and temporal regulation of gene expression in the vertebrate neural
tube determines the identity of neural progenitors and the function and physiology of the …

The developmental process of neurulation involves a series of coordinated morphological
events, which result in conversion of the flat neural plate into the neural tube, the primordium …

Neural tube closure has been studied for many decades, across a range of vertebrates, as a
paradigm of embryonic morphogenesis. Neurulation is of particular interest in view of the …