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neurulation

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neurulation /neu·ru·la·tion/ (noor″u-la´shun) formation in the early embryo of the neural plate, followed by its closure with development of the neural tube.
neu·ru·la·tion (nr-lshn, -y-l-)
n.
The formation of the embryonic neural plate and its transformation into the neural tube.

neurulation
[-ā′shən]
Etymology: Gk, neuron + L, atus, process
the development of the neural plate and the processes involved with its subsequent closure to form the neural tube during the early stages of embryonic development. See also neural tube formation.

neurulation [noor″oo-la´shun]
formation in the early embryo of the neural plate and neural folds, followed by its closure with development of the neural tube.

neurulation
formation in the early embryo of the neural plate, followed by its development into the neural tube.


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1) There is transient embryonic communication between the amniotic and yolk sacs, disappearing at the beginning of the third week of gestation, just before primary neurulation.
Behavioral alterations in adolescent and adult rats caused by a brief subtoxic exposure to chlorpyrifos during neurulation.
Important developmental processes observed included cleavage, formation of a blastula, epiboly, gastrulation, neurulation, organogenesis, and hatching.
 
 
 
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