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Definition of Neurulation
1. Noun. (embryology) The process by which the beginnings of the vertebrate nervous system is formed in embryos. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Neurulation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Neurulation
1. The embryonic formation of the neural tube by closure of the neural plate, directed by the underlying notochord. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neurulation
Literary usage of Neurulation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Problems of Nature by Gustav Jäger (1897)
"The first consequence of this megisto-neurulation is, that the circulating system
at the head-pole of the embryo is much more developed, ..."
2. Information Resources for Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, and Cephalopods Used by D'Anna J. Berry (1994)
"119 Two nonallelic insulin genes in Xenopus laevis are expressed differentially
during neurulation in ..."
3. Die Entstehungsweise der Doppelmissbildungen bei den höheren Wirbelthieren by Leo Gerlach (1882)
"... die neurulation eingeleitet wird, während dies bei den Fischen mit ...
die neurulation beginnt lange vor vollendeter Gastrulation. ..."
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