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neuromere

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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). [ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2013.06.004 https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/318 ]

Synonyms: neural tube segment, neural tube metameric segment, neuromere, neuromeres

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plural term
neuromeres [ TAO:0001328 ]

UBPROP 0000001

A metameric segment of the central nervous system.[ZFA]

contributor

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9114-8737

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

has related synonym

neural segment, neural metamere

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UBERON:0004731