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neural plate

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A region of embryonic ectodermal cells that lie directly above the notochord. During neurulation, they change shape and produce an infolding of the neural plate (the neural fold) that then seals to form the neural tube[XAO]. The earliest recognizable dorsal ectodermal primordium of the central nervous system present near the end of gastrulation before infolding to form the neural keel; consists of a thickened pseudostratified epithelium[ZFA] [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_plate http://zfin.org/curator https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0815318960 ]

Term info

Label

neural plate

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

depicted by

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Neural_Crest.png

external definition

The earliest recognizable dorsal ectodermal primordium of the central nervous system present near the end of gastrulation before infolding to form the neural keel; consists of a thickened pseudostratified epithelium. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO]

has related synonym

presumptive central nervous system, lamina neuralis

homology notes

(...) at some stage of its development, every chordate exhibits five uniquely derived characters or synapomorphies of the group: (...) (4) a single, tubular nerve cord that is located dorsal to the notochord (...).[well established][VHOG]

id

UBERON:0003075