Zippering action -Closure of Neural Tube Completes in 25days post embryonic development Completes in 27 days post embryonic development Apical constriction by rearrangement of actin, tubulin effect of BMP4/7 signaling Basal bulging out caused by movement of nucleus into this space signaled by shh from notochord
Cell Fates-Neural tube cells/Neural crest cells
SENSORY NEURONS MOTOR NEURONS FORMATION OF HEAD,TRUNK &TAIL
24-hr Chick 22-23 days of Human
DEFECTS…….. ANENCEPHALY SPINA BIFIDA END OF NEURROSTRAL AL TUBE FAILS TO CLOSE MISEPRESSION OF WRONG CADHERIN LEADS TO FAIL TO SEPARATE EPIDERMAL ECTODERM AND NEURAL LAYER
EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES
Unfortunately, simplicity is not the answer. In actuality, the folding of the neural tube is still not entirely understood. The simplistic model of the closure occurring in one step cranially and caudally does not explain the high frequency of neural tube defects. Proposed theories include that closure of the neural tube occurs in regions, rather than entirely linearly