Term Name: | neuromere |
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Synonyms: | neural metamere, neural segment, neural tube metameric segment, neural tube segment, neuromere, neuromeres |
Definition: | 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). |
Ontology: | Cell Ontology [UBERON:0004731] |