neuromereImported
A transverse unitary subdivision of the neural tube that shares a common dorsoventral structure (floor, basal, alar, and roof plates), but each having differential molecular identities and fates; they comprise the secondary prosencephalon, diencephalon (prosomeres), the midbrain (mesomeres), and the hindbrain (rhombomeres).
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Exact Synonyms
neural tube metameric segment
neural tube segment
neuromere
neuromeres
Related Synonyms
neural metamere
neural segment
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creation_date
2009-06-18T09:00:04Z
editor note
We take the definition of neuromere from Puelles et al, although the existence of mesomeres and prosomeres may not be widely accepted
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A metameric segment of the central nervous system.[ZFA]