Specification and Differentiation of Neural Elements

=Preknowledge, Objectives and Competencies=

=Activities and Reading Material=


 * Purves et al Chapter 22 (pp 562-568)
 * Jacobsen Chapter 5 (pp. 137-141, starting with section: 'Neuroepithelial cells are multipotent and have positional identity')

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Definitions
You should be able to provide structural and functional definitions for the structures/terms associated with this topic: (proneural genes, bHLH genes, lateral inhibition, multipotency, competence restriction, ependymal zone, mantle zone, marginal zone, radial glia, tanycites).

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Please visit the tables in Unit 3 and Unit 4 and fill in the new roles of genes/molecules discussed in this Unit.

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=Related Content = Go back to the introductory page, return to Unit 6: The Ectodermal Placodes or continue with Unit 8: Neuronal Migration.