Neurulation
"Neurulation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An early embryonic developmental process of CHORDATES that is characterized by morphogenic movements of ECTODERM resulting in the formation of the NEURAL PLATE; the NEURAL CREST; and the NEURAL TUBE. Improper closure of the NEURAL GROOVE results in congenital NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS.
| Descriptor ID |
D054261
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.700.320.500.325.180.875
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