neural crest

English

Noun

neural crest (plural neural crests)

1. (embryology) A strip of ectodermal material in the early vertebrate embryo inserted between the prospective neural plate and the epidermis.
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 167:

     All of these features are under the control of a particular set of cells in the embryo called the neural crest, from which a particular part of the brain, the amygdala, derives.

Derived terms

• neural crest syndrome

Translations

ectodermal material

• French: crête neurale f
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