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Journal Articles Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society Year : 2021

Overview of Secondary Neurulation

Abstract

Secondary neurulation is a morphological process described since the second half of the 19th century; it accounts for the formation of the caudal spinal cord in mammals including humans. A similar process takes place in birds. This form of neurulation is caused by the growth of the tail bud region, the most caudal axial region of the embryo. Experimental work in different animal species leads to questioning dogmas widely disseminated in the medical literature. Thus, it is clearly established that the tail bud is not a mass of undifferentiated pluripotent cells but is made up of a juxtaposition of territories whose fate is different. The lumens of the two tubes generated by the two modes of neurulation are continuous. There seem to be multiple cavities in the human embryo, but discrepancies exist according to the authors. Finally, the tissues that generate the secondary neural tube are initially located in the most superficial layer of the embryo. These cells must undergo internalization to generate the secondary neurectoderm. A defect in internalization could lead to an open neural tube defect that contradicts the dogma that a secondary neurulation defect is closed by definition.
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hal-03238433 , version 1 (27-05-2021)

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Martin Catala. Overview of Secondary Neurulation. Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society, 2021, 64 (3), pp.346 - 358. ⟨10.3340/jkns.2020.0362⟩. ⟨hal-03238433⟩
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